NUTS-3 CZ041 · Czechia
Karlovarský kraj
Karlovarský kraj generates €5.4bn of GDP across 293.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.4/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard21 → 12 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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)
Cost advantage80
Air quality72
Connectivity66
Freight intensity61
Labour market60
Energy cost54
Growth momentum52
Industrial base51
Governance48
Digital readiness46
Quality of life39
Resilience37
Economic base14
Demographic outlook11
Talent & skills11
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)
43.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
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
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€5,382M2024
1.8% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,894M2025
2.5% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Population
293,1952025
0.6% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
131,4502024
0.6% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Productivity / employee
€43,7662025
6.9% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Gross value added
€4,912M2024
1.1% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,894M
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,766
2025 · EU pctl 13
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,711M
2025 · EU pctl 47
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,400
2025 · EU pctl 56
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.3%
2024 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,814 kt
2025 · EU pctl 63
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 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
18 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
198,432
2100 · EU pctl 45
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
622 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
111 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.7%
2021 · EU pctl 15
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