NUTS-3 AT322 · Austria
Pinzgau-Pongau
Pinzgau-Pongau generates €9.8bn of GDP across 173.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (93th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader78 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (+10 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Freight intensity92
Economic base89
Air quality83
Labour market74
Quality of life62
Talent & skills61
Growth momentum58
Demographic outlook56
Governance53
Resilience51
Energy cost49
Connectivity42
Digital readiness30
Industrial base23
Cost advantage3
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.8
Livability62
Market access49
Economic scale58
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
51
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability97
Diversification25
Demographic stability76
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
42
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density22
Airport access55
Market access49
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
61
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary64
Lifelong learning73
Knowledge workers49
Scientists & engineers58
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
83
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM109.4 µg/m³
NO29.5 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
62
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93
Jobs74
Education52.5
Health74
Safety31.3
Connectivity26
Environment83.5
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
57.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 38%Diversified · HHI 2433
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 20.6%Construction 9%Trade · transport · ICT 38%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.5%Public · health · education 14.5%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€9,771M2023
13.1% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,634M2025
0.5% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Population
173,4042025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
2.9% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
94,0002023
1.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Productivity / employee
€111,8772025
3.8% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Gross value added
€8,785M2023
13.4% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,785M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,806M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€954M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€791M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,340M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,300
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,500
2023 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,891M
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€886M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,182M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,271M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,634M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,877
2025 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,457M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,000
2023 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
13,700
2023 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,800
2023 · EU pctl 32
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.5%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.9%
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
91,500
2025 · EU pctl 37
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,735
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise births
766
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
576
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 0
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.0%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,151,363
2025 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
573 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,789 kt
2025 · EU pctl 63
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
111,873
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
35,422
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
26,109
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
1,510
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
1,622
2024 · EU pctl 24
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
40 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
167,434
2100 · EU pctl 39
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
793 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
915 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
227 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,244 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2022 · EU pctl 54
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
2022 · EU pctl 49
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
2022 · EU pctl 88
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
2022 · EU pctl 40
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
2022 · EU pctl 79
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 51
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 35
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,247 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
168 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 4
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 29
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 77
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.8%
2021 · EU pctl 72
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