NUTS-3 CZ041 · Czechia
Karlovarský kraj
Export region data (CSV)Karlovarský kraj generates €5.4bn of GDP across 293.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (73.3th EU percentile) and weakest for education (3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.2
Livability38.7
Market access50
Economic scale33
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability25
Diversification63
Demographic stability39
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)
65.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access97
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)
10.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary2
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers0
Scientists & engineers7
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.2 µg/m³
PM1012.7 µg/m³
NO26.4 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)
38.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy17
Jobs52
Education3
Health11
Safety66.7
Connectivity48
Environment73.3
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
52.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.8 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: Public · health · education · 26%Diversified · HHI 2171
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 22.2%Construction 5.1%Trade · transport · ICT 24.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.8%Public · health · education 26%
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)
€4,912M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,089M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€859M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — construction (F)
€251M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,215M
2024 · EU pctl 43
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€13,900
2024 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 14
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,300
2024 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,471M
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,776M
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,301M
2024 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€601M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€925M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,279M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,450
2024 · EU pctl 56
Self-employed persons
12,820
2024 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,450
2024 · EU pctl 69
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.2%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,733
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,552
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
2,201
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 52
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 20
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
10 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 21
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
16.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,435,214
2025 · EU pctl 88
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · 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.
1,184
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
188,324
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged 65+
63,248
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
41,623
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
-6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
1,814
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
3,401
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
622 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,692 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
286 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
674 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
114 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 26
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 12
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 83
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