NUTS-3 CZ063 · Czechia
Kraj Vysočina
Kraj Vysočina generates €13bn of GDP across 517.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (21.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard20 → 22 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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 base82
Labour market79
Cost advantage74
Freight intensity63
Growth momentum61
Talent & skills55
Energy cost54
Digital readiness53
Quality of life50
Connectivity49
Governance48
Air quality45
Resilience45
Economic base39
Demographic outlook24
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)
56.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61
Livability49.7
Market access45
Economic scale69
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)
44.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability35
Diversification46
Demographic stability63
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access35
Market access45
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary54
Lifelong learning56
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers64
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.2 µg/m³
PM1015.2 µg/m³
NO29.9 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)
49.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32.5
Jobs88.5
Education51.5
Health21.5
Safety48.3
Connectivity60
Environment45.7
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
61
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.4 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 · 35.9%Diversified · HHI 2276
Agriculture 5.3%Industry 35.9%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.7%Public · health · education 17.1%
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)
€12,726M2024
1.4% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,717M2025
2.5% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Population
517,6472025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Unemployment rate
2.5%2025
4.2% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
246,6402024
1.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Productivity / employee
€55,1622025
6.9% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Gross value added
€11,616M2024
2.0% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,616M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€620M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,167M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,146M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — construction (F)
€727M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,951M
2024 · EU pctl 62
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,600
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,600
2024 · EU pctl 27
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,563M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,779M
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€21,530M
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,617M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — information & communication (J)
€208M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,169M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,983M
2024 · EU pctl 60
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,717M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,162
2025 · EU pctl 22
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,329M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,640
2024 · EU pctl 80
Self-employed persons
27,320
2024 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
81,240
2024 · EU pctl 96
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
251,900
2025 · EU pctl 78
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
50,156
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
4,060
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
3,305
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 59
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.3%
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.1%
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.7%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,620,582
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
573 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,807 kt
2025 · EU pctl 84
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,921
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
564
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
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)
325,396
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
112,286
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
79,965
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Live births
4,184
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
5,408
2024 · EU pctl 77
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
424,008
2100 · EU pctl 76
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
692 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,352 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
242 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
131 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
63 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · 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)
473 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
91 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
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 56
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 32
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 82
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
347 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.6%
2021 · EU pctl 45
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