NUTS-3 AT331 · Austria
Außerfern
Außerfern generates €1.9bn of GDP across 33.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (48.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 89 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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)
Economic base90
Industrial base82
Air quality80
Freight intensity76
Labour market75
Quality of life72
Digital readiness66
Growth momentum55
Governance53
Demographic outlook51
Resilience50
Energy cost49
Connectivity48
Talent & skills48
Cost advantage7
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)
50.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.2
Livability72.2
Market access69
Economic scale6
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)
49.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability92
Diversification18
Demographic stability82
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access45
Market access69
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary39
Lifelong learning73
Knowledge workers30
Scientists & engineers50
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)
80
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1010.3 µg/m³
NO29.6 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)
72.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs69.5
Education63
Health82
Safety70
Connectivity48.5
Environment80.7
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
55.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 32.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2541
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 31.2%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 32.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.8%Public · health · education 13.3%
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)
€1,932M2023
6.8% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,699M2025
0.5% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Population
33,9462025
0.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
14.7% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
18,4002023
1.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Productivity / employee
€113,9372025
3.7% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Gross value added
€1,737M2023
7.2% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,737M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€21M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€542M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€470M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€70M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€564M
2023 · EU pctl 18
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,600
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,300
2023 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,208M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,027M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€20,187M
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€310M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€231M
2023 · EU pctl 3
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,699M
2025 · EU pctl 7
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,937
2025 · EU pctl 91
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€518M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,400
2023 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
2,300
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,700
2023 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.0%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
17,900
2025 · EU pctl 1
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,606
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise births
172
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
125
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
37.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · 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)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.3%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,319,002
2025 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
551 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 31 · 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.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,416 kt
2025 · EU pctl 7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
180
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
15 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
21,739
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged 65+
7,474
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
4,733
2025 · EU pctl 1
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.4%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
290
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
290
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
28 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
32,071
2100 · EU pctl 2
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
601 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
859 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
196 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
1,455 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
183 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 9
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 30
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 43
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
5.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.5%
2021 · EU pctl 55
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