NUTS-3 AT342 · Austria
Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet
Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet generates €16bn of GDP across 316.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.3/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader84 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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)
Demographic outlook89
Economic base85
Industrial base83
Digital readiness75
Connectivity67
Quality of life63
Resilience63
Labour market57
Governance53
Energy cost49
Talent & skills47
Freight intensity44
Growth momentum31
Air quality29
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)
62.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31.2
Livability63
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
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)
63
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy90.5
Jobs54
Education53.5
Health77
Safety73.3
Connectivity63.5
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
31.2
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€16,220M2023
11.8% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,683M2025
0.5% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Population
316,7552025
0.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
4.3%2025
4.9% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Employment
156,9002023
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€111,8872025
3.8% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Gross value added
€14,584M2023
11.5% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 86 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,683M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,887
2025 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,967M
2025 · EU pctl 78
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
168,100
2025 · EU pctl 65
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
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)
1,511,087
2025 · EU pctl 62
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
543 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,263 kt
2025 · EU pctl 56
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,313
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
415
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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.
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
384,793
2100 · EU pctl 73
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
0.3 /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
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)
1,007 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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
26.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
16.8%
2021 · EU pctl 95
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