NUTS-3 CZ042 · Czechia
Ústecký kraj
Ústecký kraj generates €17bn of GDP across 808.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (54.3th EU percentile) and weakest for education (3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard22 → 17 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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 base81
Cost advantage80
Labour market60
Freight intensity57
Energy cost54
Growth momentum49
Governance48
Connectivity48
Digital readiness46
Demographic outlook38
Air quality34
Quality of life32
Resilience28
Economic base22
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)
51.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability31.8
Market access50
Economic scale77
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)
27.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability25
Diversification39
Demographic stability28
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)
47.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access45
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512.4 µg/m³
PM1017.2 µg/m³
NO211.6 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)
31.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy21
Jobs52
Education3
Health11
Safety54.3
Connectivity47
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
48.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Industry · 34.2%Diversified · HHI 2315
Agriculture 2%Industry 34.2%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 21.4%
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)
€16,528M2024
1.8% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,958M2025
2.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Population
808,3562025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
346,9602024
2.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€50,9252025
6.9% 1y 8.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€15,087M2024
2.4% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,087M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,164M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,956M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€1,037M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,897M
2024 · EU pctl 75
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)
25,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,400
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
€1,610M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — information & communication (J)
€379M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,453M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,234M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,958M
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,925
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,255M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
346,960
2024 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
35,560
2024 · EU pctl 76
Employment in manufacturing (C)
93,460
2024 · EU pctl 97
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)
394,700
2025 · EU pctl 91
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,904
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise births
6,870
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
5,292
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
1,699,249
2025 · EU pctl 65
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,364 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,151
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
390
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
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.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
518,221
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged 65+
167,864
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
122,271
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
-3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
6,132
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
9,493
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
685,919
2100 · EU pctl 88
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
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)
353 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 68
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
407 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 57
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