NUTS-3 DE111 · Germany
Stuttgart, Stadtkreis
Stuttgart, Stadtkreis generates €72bn of GDP across 612.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 74/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (96.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (32.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader99 → 99 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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)
Economic base99
Demographic outlook92
Industrial base88
Labour market85
Connectivity76
Quality of life64
Talent & skills60
Governance56
Growth momentum41
Resilience37
Energy cost36
Air quality31
Freight intensity25
Cost advantage6
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)
74
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.4
Livability64.4
Market access93
Economic scale97
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability87
Diversification15
Demographic stability14
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)
75.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density39
Airport access95
Market access93
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers68
Scientists & engineers83
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1015.8 µg/m³
NO226.1 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)
64.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy96.5
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety57.7
Connectivity39
Environment32.3
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
41.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 32.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2614
Industry 31.8%Construction 2.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.2%Public · health · education 16.6%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€72,331M2023
8.9% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€62,694M2025
0.2% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
612,6632025
0.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
12.5% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
548,4502023
0.8% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Productivity / employee
€138,8482025
3.3% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€66,068M2023
10.5% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€66,068M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€21,021M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€19,745M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€1,694M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,084M
2023 · EU pctl 95
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
105,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,100
2023 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€60,881M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€22,211M
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€139,588M
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€21,304M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,937M
2023 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€62,694M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€138,848
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,001M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
548,450
2023 · EU pctl 95
Self-employed persons
32,380
2023 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
77,320
2023 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
370,800
2025 · EU pctl 90
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,251
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
2,369
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
2,494
2023 · EU pctl 74
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
7.3%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,608,646
2024 · EU pctl 86
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
636 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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.
1,775
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,918 kt
2025 · EU pctl 66
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
290
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
419,536
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
112,905
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
80,222
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
5,381
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
5,475
2024 · EU pctl 78
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
2,975 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
647,415
2100 · EU pctl 87
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
359 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,801 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
295 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
26
2024 · EU pctl 97
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
40
2024 · EU pctl 2
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
22.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.7%
2021 · EU pctl 46
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