NUTS-3 DE114 · Germany
Göppingen
Export region data (CSV)Göppingen generates €9.7bn of GDP across 258.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.0%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (57th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.4
Livability70.8
Market access88
Economic scale58
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability86
Diversification57
Demographic stability48
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access67
Market access88
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
70.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety69.7
Connectivity57
Environment—
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
26.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2208
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 29.8%Construction 8.6%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.6%Public · health · education 19.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,879M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,649M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,449M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — construction (F)
€763M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,638M
2023 · EU pctl 56
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)
33,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
€2,002M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,765M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Labour market
Employment, total persons
118,770
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
10,710
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,840
2023 · EU pctl 71
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,788
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
841
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise deaths
888
2023 · EU pctl 46
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 52
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
75
2012 · EU pctl 85
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
296 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 86
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
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)
493,394
2024 · EU pctl 32
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.
1,212
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
468
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
161,900
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
58,779
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
38,130
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
2,231
2024 · EU pctl 58
Deaths
3,107
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
404 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 80
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
755 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
556 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
77 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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