NUTS-3 CZ032 · Czechia
Plzeňský kraj
Plzeňský kraj generates €16bn of GDP across 614.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years, 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 laggard23 → 23 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Industrial base85
Labour market84
Cost advantage76
Digital readiness76
Freight intensity74
Growth momentum68
Demographic outlook58
Energy cost54
Resilience52
Governance48
Connectivity47
Quality of life46
Economic base42
Air quality42
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)
59.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.8
Livability46.1
Market access50
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability46
Diversification48
Demographic stability88
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)
46.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density63
Airport access27
Market access50
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.8 µg/m³
PM1016.1 µg/m³
NO210 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)
46.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy33
Jobs91
Education26.5
Health19
Safety41.7
Connectivity69.5
Environment42
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
67.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 33.2%Diversified · HHI 2261
Agriculture 3.3%Industry 33.2%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.6%Public · health · education 19%
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)
€15,513M2024
1.7% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,829M2025
2.5% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Population
614,6402025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
2.2%2025
4.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
302,3402024
3.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Productivity / employee
€54,8532025
6.9% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€14,161M2024
1.1% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,161M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€466M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,698M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,040M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€796M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,727M
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)
31,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,300
2024 · EU pctl 28
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)
€1,678M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — information & communication (J)
€419M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,777M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,697M
2024 · EU pctl 71
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,829M
2025 · EU pctl 71
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,853
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,165M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,340
2024 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
40,760
2024 · EU pctl 81
Employment in manufacturing (C)
91,190
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)
307,200
2025 · EU pctl 85
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,474
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
5,130
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
3,932
2023 · EU pctl 83
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)
2,218,896
2025 · EU pctl 72
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.
3,308
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,616 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
538
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
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.
79
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
395,427
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
127,230
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
91,983
2025 · EU pctl 85
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Live births
4,569
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
6,256
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 33
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
646,370
2100 · EU pctl 87
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
272 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
214 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
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)
433 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 62
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 48
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
341 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 42
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