NUTS-3 CZ031 · Czechia
Jihočeský kraj
Jihočeský kraj generates €16bn of GDP across 653.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (91th EU percentile) and weakest for health (19th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard22 → 22 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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 market84
Cost advantage76
Digital readiness76
Freight intensity74
Industrial base67
Connectivity65
Growth momentum63
Energy cost54
Air quality51
Resilience50
Demographic outlook48
Governance48
Quality of life47
Economic base35
Talent & skills20
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)
57.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.6
Livability47.4
Market access46
Economic scale75
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability24
Labour stability46
Diversification70
Demographic stability61
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)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access86
Market access46
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)
20.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary12
Lifelong learning23
Knowledge workers12
Scientists & engineers34
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.8 µg/m³
PM1013.7 µg/m³
NO28.9 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)
47.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29.5
Jobs91
Education26.5
Health19
Safety45.7
Connectivity69
Environment51.3
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
62.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 2137
Agriculture 4.3%Industry 30.1%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.2%Public · health · education 20.7%
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)
€15,526M2024
2.3% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,839M2025
2.5% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Population
653,2272025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Unemployment rate
2.2%2025
4.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
311,4602024
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€53,2942025
6.9% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Gross value added
€14,173M2024
2.9% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,173M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€603M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,270M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,033M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — construction (F)
€908M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,740M
2024 · EU pctl 73
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,300
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 35
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
2024 · EU pctl 25
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,741M
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,378M
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,232M
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,825M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — information & communication (J)
€271M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,717M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,935M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,839M
2025 · EU pctl 71
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,294
2025 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,169M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
311,460
2024 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
43,020
2024 · EU pctl 83
Employment in manufacturing (C)
82,880
2024 · EU pctl 97
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.1%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
318,800
2025 · EU pctl 86
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,504
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise births
5,721
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
4,696
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.3%
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,634,309
2025 · EU pctl 86
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
645 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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.
3,358
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,357 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
514
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
13 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
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)
410,412
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
142,439
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
100,376
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
5,082
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
6,938
2024 · EU pctl 87
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 26
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
605,068
2100 · EU pctl 86
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
650 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,429 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
70 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · 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)
495 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 38
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 26
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 77
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
354 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.7%
2021 · EU pctl 71
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