NUTS-3 CZ010 · Czechia
Hlavní město Praha
Hlavní město Praha generates €87bn of GDP across 1.4m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 73/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (100th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (14.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser46 → 86 EU percentile since 1995 (+40 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)
Labour market100
Economic base98
Talent & skills96
Digital readiness89
Demographic outlook85
Growth momentum78
Cost advantage65
Quality of life62
Connectivity58
Energy cost54
Resilience52
Governance48
Freight intensity27
Air quality14
Industrial base9
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)
73
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth78.4
Livability61.7
Market access54
Economic scale98
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)
51.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability88
Diversification9
Demographic stability94
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)
57.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density28
Airport access91
Market access54
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)
95.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary96
Lifelong learning87
Knowledge workers100
Scientists & engineers100
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)
14.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.4 µg/m³
PM1019.5 µg/m³
NO221.1 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)
61.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66.5
Jobs100
Education88.5
Health36
Safety67.7
Connectivity58.5
Environment14.7
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
78.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.9 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 · 35.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2735
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 10.9%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 35.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.4%Public · health · education 14.9%
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 · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€86,596M2024
0.7% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€66,058M2025
2.5% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
1,397,8802025
0.9% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Unemployment rate
1.8%2025
0.0% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Employment
1,042,0602024
3.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Productivity / employee
€88,8422025
6.9% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€79,047M2024
1.3% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€79,047M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€320M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,577M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,860M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€3,949M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€27,965M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,000
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 98
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€62,400
2024 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€25,903M
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,009M
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€35,907M
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,635M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13,152M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,419M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,817M
2024 · EU pctl 96
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€66,058M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,842
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€27,887M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,042,060
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
224,820
2024 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
64,630
2024 · EU pctl 92
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
735,700
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
326,833
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
33,548
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
22,057
2023 · EU pctl 99
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
4.7%
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
61.5%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
41.4%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
17.0%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.1%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
18,993,211
2025 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
761 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · 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.
1,448
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,488 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
104
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
82 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
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)
925,154
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
257,441
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
215,285
2025 · EU pctl 96
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 11
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
12,085
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
11,792
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
2,869 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,576,574
2100 · EU pctl 97
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
768 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,213 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
608 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
669 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
18 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
2022 · EU pctl 38
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
2022 · EU pctl 48
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
2022 · EU pctl 47
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
2022 · EU pctl 38
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
2022 · EU pctl 95
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.146/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 46
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 88
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
218 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 79
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 90
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 35
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
107 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 21
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