NUTS-3 AT323 · Austria
Salzburg und Umgebung
Export region data (CSV)Salzburg und Umgebung generates €25bn of GDP across 379k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (95.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50
Livability61.2
Market access55
Economic scale86
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability73
Labour stability97
Diversification44
Demographic stability75
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density22
Airport access92
Market access55
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.8 µg/m³
PM1012.2 µg/m³
NO217.8 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)
61.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy95.5
Jobs74
Education52.5
Health74
Safety46
Connectivity26
Environment60.7
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
50
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 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 · 26.5%Diversified · HHI 2286
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 23.7%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.4%Public · health · education 18.7%
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).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,895M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,432M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,853M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€1,152M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,069M
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
59,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€67,600
2023 · EU pctl 95
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)
€5,818M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,274M
2023 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
226,400
2023 · EU pctl 77
Self-employed persons
25,800
2023 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,000
2023 · EU pctl 68
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,449
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
1,682
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
1,441
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 2
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
62
2012 · EU pctl 81
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
178 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 70
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
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)
5,832,920
2025 · EU pctl 89
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.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
248,079
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged 65+
77,109
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
53,794
2025 · EU pctl 69
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
3,199
2024 · EU pctl 72
Deaths
3,367
2024 · EU pctl 56
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
224 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
790 /100k
2023 · 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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,415 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
953 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
146 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 21
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 79
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 85
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