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Vienna

Europe Power #94/162Per-capita #90National view: Austria →
Metro Power
40.4
of 100 · #94
MPI
40.4
MCC
43.7
MDI
38.9

Pillar profile

Talent40.8
Capital29.4
Research43.2
Infrastructure66.3
Agentic38.9

Indicators

  • Population (m)2.9
  • GDP ($bn)151.6
  • GDP per capita ($k)52.1
  • AI investment ($bn)2
  • Tech employment %7
  • AI talent52
  • Research strength70
  • Notable AI orgs18
  • Compute / data centers54
  • Broadband %94
  • Tertiary degree %46
  • Digital skills74
  • Startup ecosystem54
  • Agent adoption44
  • Patents / 100k40

Nearest peers

Metro report · generated from Vienna's indicators

Vienna — metro standing in full

Vienna is the #91 metro by economic size ($152bn) in the panel and ranks #94/162 on absolute Metro Power and #90/162 on per-capita intensity. No pillar stands out as a clear strength; no single pillar is a binding weakness. Locally it runs below the Austria national average (MCC 43.7 vs CC 59.8).

National context: Austria scores CC 59.8 per-capita; Vienna sits at MCC 43.7.

Economic & scale context ● Eurostat met_10r_3gdp/met_pjanaggr3 (2021/22)

GDP (metro)
$152bn
#91 of 162
GDP / capita
$52k
Population
2.9M
AI investment
$2.0bn
#83 of 162
Notable AI orgs
18

Index & pillar read

For each metro index and pillar: what it means when high (the value) versus low (the gap), and Vienna's own standing.

Index / pillarValueStandingWhat a high vs low value means — and where Vienna sits
MPI Metro Power40.4Moderate · #94/162Mid-pack. High would mean a heavyweight hub where capital, talent and AI organizations concentrate — it can anchor an entire national AI ecosystem; low would mean limited absolute weight — a smaller node that leans on capacity built in larger hubs.
▲ high: a heavyweight hub where capital, talent and AI organizations concentrate — it can anchor an entire national AI ecosystem  ·  ▼ low: limited absolute weight — a smaller node that leans on capacity built in larger hubs
MCC Metro Coefficient43.7Moderate · #90/162Mid-pack. High would mean deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity ecosystem; low would mean thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to the population.
▲ high: deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity ecosystem  ·  ▼ low: thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to the population
MDI Metro Agentic38.9Moderate · #99/162Mid-pack. High would mean agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier; low would mean agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used.
▲ high: agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier  ·  ▼ low: agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used
Talent Talent40.8Moderate · #92/162Mid-pack. High would mean a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI; low would mean a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally.
▲ high: a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI  ·  ▼ low: a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally
Capital Capital29.4Moderate · #97/162Mid-pack. High would mean abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure; low would mean thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally.
▲ high: abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure  ·  ▼ low: thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally
Research Research43.2Moderate · #72/162Mid-pack. High would mean a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people; low would mean a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts.
▲ high: a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people  ·  ▼ low: a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts
Infrastructure Infrastructure66.3Moderate · #82/162Mid-pack. High would mean the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place; low would mean infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally.
▲ high: the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place  ·  ▼ low: infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally
Agentic Agentic38.9Moderate · #99/162Mid-pack. High would mean agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge; low would mean little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused.
▲ high: agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge  ·  ▼ low: little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused

Strengths to build on

  • No pillar stands out as a clear strength yet.

Risk factors

  • No acute structural gaps stand out across the metro pillars.
Metro values are curated estimates (v1) on a consistent global scale — not yet measured sub-national data.