NUTS-3 AT341 · Austria
Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald
Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald generates €6.1bn of GDP across 95k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (95th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (43th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader84 → 89 EU percentile since 1995 (+5 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 base94
Freight intensity82
Digital readiness75
Demographic outlook73
Industrial base72
Quality of life67
Connectivity65
Labour market57
Governance53
Resilience52
Growth momentum51
Energy cost49
Talent & skills47
Cost advantage4
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)
57.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.2
Livability67.2
Market access72
Economic scale39
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability91
Diversification21
Demographic stability77
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
Airport access40
Market access72
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary37
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers31
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy95
Jobs54
Education53.5
Health77
Safety68.3
Connectivity79.5
Environment43
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
51.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.4 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: Industry · 34.5%Diversified · HHI 2474
Agriculture 1%Industry 34.5%Construction 8.6%Trade · transport · ICT 28.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 10.9%
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)
€6,134M2023
10.4% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,796M2025
0.5% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Population
95,0292025
0.0% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Unemployment rate
4.2%2025
5.0% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Employment
49,2002023
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Productivity / employee
€134,9192025
3.8% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Gross value added
€5,515M2023
10.8% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,515M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€55M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,900M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,270M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — construction (F)
€477M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,586M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,000
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
57,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€64,800
2023 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,346M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,306M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,571M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€898M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€601M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,796M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€134,919
2025 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,500M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
49,200
2023 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
6,600
2023 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,800
2023 · EU pctl 32
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
49,700
2025 · EU pctl 15
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,831
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
317
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
270
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 0
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.3%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.8%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,273,048
2025 · EU pctl 90
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
543 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,370 kt
2025 · EU pctl 32
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
751
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
790
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
25 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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)
61,435
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
18,612
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
14,982
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.3%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Live births
841
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
794
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,635
2100 · EU pctl 15
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
484 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
863 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 20 · 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
44.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,129 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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)
1,873 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)
231 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 57
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 22
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.6%
2021 · EU pctl 83
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