NUTS-3 CZ080 · Czechia
Moravskoslezský kraj
Export region data (CSV)Moravskoslezský kraj generates €27bn of GDP across 1.2m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (70.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (13.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability37.9
Market access43
Economic scale88
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability30
Diversification42
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access87
Market access43
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning63
Knowledge workers18
Scientists & engineers27
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)
24.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.515 µg/m³
PM1021.3 µg/m³
NO212.4 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)
37.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy26
Jobs57.5
Education22
Health13.5
Safety70.7
Connectivity51
Environment24.7
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
52
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2302
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 32.3%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.9%Public · health · education 21.1%
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).
All indicators · 72 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,010M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€414M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,081M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,622M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€1,409M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,365M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,200
2024 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,100
2024 · EU pctl 24
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,441M
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,542M
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,069M
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,587M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,143M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,466M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,274M
2024 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
552,010
2024 · EU pctl 95
Self-employed persons
60,460
2024 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
150,970
2024 · EU pctl 99
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
115,896
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
10,976
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise deaths
7,724
2023 · EU pctl 94
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 36
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
7 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 16
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.3%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.3%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,805,514
2025 · EU pctl 76
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
529 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · 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.
3,049
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
258
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
753,248
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged 65+
255,082
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
174,283
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
8,610
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
13,603
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
223 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
686 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,568 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
260 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
392 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
387 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 84
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 50
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 72
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