NUTS-3 AT342 · Austria
Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet
Export region data (CSV)Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet generates €16bn of GDP across 316.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +1.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 0.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (90.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (29th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31.6
Livability62.8
Market access79
Economic scale76
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)
62.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability91
Diversification49
Demographic stability85
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)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access69
Market access79
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
28.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1016.6 µg/m³
NO217.6 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)
62.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy90.5
Jobs54
Education53.5
Health77
Safety73.3
Connectivity62.5
Environment29
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
31.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 2257
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 30.1%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.5%Public · health · education 20%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,584M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€67M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,385M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,992M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€1,078M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,698M
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
45,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,700
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
€3,432M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,923M
2023 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,900
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
16,300
2023 · EU pctl 52
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,700
2023 · EU pctl 79
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,578
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
1,094
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
978
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
183
2012 · EU pctl 96
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
647 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 99
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
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)
1,511,087
2025 · EU pctl 62
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
543 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · 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.
1,307
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
413
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
208,042
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
59,090
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
49,623
2025 · EU pctl 65
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.4%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
2,911
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
2,681
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
466 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
519 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57 · 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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
271 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
807 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,007 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
152 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 64
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 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 82
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