NUTS-3 CZ052 · Czechia
Královéhradecký kraj
Export region data (CSV)Královéhradecký kraj generates €14bn of GDP across 555.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (78.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (19th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability43.8
Market access40
Economic scale72
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)
39.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability35
Diversification39
Demographic stability53
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
Airport access61
Market access40
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)
21.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary16
Lifelong learning45
Knowledge workers6
Scientists & engineers18
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)
47
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512.9 µg/m³
PM1014.9 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
43.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy33
Jobs78.5
Education23.5
Health19
Safety58.3
Connectivity46.5
Environment47.7
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.0 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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2319
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 34.8%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 19.6%
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)
€12,932M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€459M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,496M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,919M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€650M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,288M
2024 · EU pctl 68
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,800
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,500
2024 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,892M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,856M
2024 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,475M
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,521M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — information & communication (J)
€360M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,502M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,537M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
260,240
2024 · EU pctl 82
Self-employed persons
24,110
2024 · EU pctl 63
Employment in manufacturing (C)
80,400
2024 · EU pctl 96
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.6%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
12.2%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,589
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
4,586
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
3,859
2023 · EU pctl 83
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
11
2012 · EU pctl 42
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 27
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.5%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
15.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,641,925
2025 · EU pctl 86
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
599 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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.
2,548
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
458
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
346,214
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
126,020
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
83,689
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
4,142
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
5,882
2024 · EU pctl 81
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
12.1%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
609 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,440 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
241 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
44 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
369 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 52
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 94
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