NUTS-3 CZ072 · Czechia
Zlínský kraj
Zlínský kraj generates €14bn of GDP across 579k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
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 base95
Labour market79
Cost advantage78
Growth momentum57
Energy cost54
Freight intensity51
Governance48
Quality of life43
Connectivity41
Economic base37
Demographic outlook30
Talent & skills27
Resilience27
Air quality23
Digital readiness19
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)
54.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.2
Livability43.4
Market access44
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)
26.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability33
Diversification22
Demographic stability37
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access39
Market access44
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)
27.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary24
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers12
Scientists & engineers31
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)
23.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.7 µg/m³
PM1019.3 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
43.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29.5
Jobs88
Education31.5
Health18
Safety82.7
Connectivity30
Environment24
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
57.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.2 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 · 38.5%Diversified · HHI 2466
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 38.5%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 18%Public · health · education 17.8%
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)
€14,070M2024
1.0% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,726M2025
2.5% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Population
578,9982025
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
3.8% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
279,4002024
2.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Productivity / employee
€53,8342025
6.9% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€12,843M2024
1.6% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,843M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€278M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,939M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,648M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — construction (F)
€790M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,241M
2024 · EU pctl 67
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,500
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
2024 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,387M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,699M
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,243M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,496M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — information & communication (J)
€287M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,309M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,285M
2024 · EU pctl 66
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,726M
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,834
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,839M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
279,400
2024 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
31,620
2024 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
100,310
2024 · EU pctl 98
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.8%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
284,600
2025 · EU pctl 83
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
62,540
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
4,839
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
4,028
2023 · EU pctl 84
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.2%
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.6%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,298,993
2025 · EU pctl 73
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
548 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 31 · 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.
1,810
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,827 kt
2025 · EU pctl 83
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
22 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
313
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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)
363,508
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged 65+
129,336
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged under 15
86,154
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Live births
4,447
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
6,306
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
148 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 56
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
479,590
2100 · EU pctl 80
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
624 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,422 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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)
399 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 78
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 80
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
406 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.7%
2021 · EU pctl 77
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