NUTS-3 CZ020 · Czechia
Středočeský kraj
Export region data (CSV)Středočeský kraj generates €40bn of GDP across 1.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 66.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.2%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (98th EU percentile) and weakest for health (19th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
66.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth73
Livability47.7
Market access52
Economic scale93
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)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability50
Diversification23
Demographic stability95
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access76
Market access52
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary9
Lifelong learning30
Knowledge workers26
Scientists & engineers56
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512.4 µg/m³
PM1018 µg/m³
NO211.1 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)
47.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41
Jobs98
Education40.5
Health19
Safety57.7
Connectivity44
Environment34
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
73
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 35.7%Diversified · HHI 2449
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 35.7%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 13.8%
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 · 72 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€36,257M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€807M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€12,935M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,782M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€1,624M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,740M
2024 · EU pctl 92
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,200
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,200
2024 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,618M
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,435M
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€15,003M
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,152M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — information & communication (J)
€676M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,158M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,992M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
624,550
2024 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
116,840
2024 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
179,010
2024 · EU pctl 100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.8%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.1%
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
167,850
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
14,783
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
10,882
2023 · EU pctl 96
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
17
2012 · EU pctl 51
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
14 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 23
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
28.6%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.5%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.7%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,165,017
2025 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
609 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · 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.
5,408
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
369
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
939,165
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
275,321
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
251,729
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 19
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
10,981
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
13,754
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
11.2%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
474 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,450 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
255 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
396 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 73
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 41
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 74
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