NUTS-3 DE11D · Germany
Ostalbkreis
Ostalbkreis generates €18bn of GDP across 317.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 71.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (64.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser73 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (+15 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 base98
Demographic outlook93
Economic base89
Labour market85
Quality of life77
Air quality72
Connectivity67
Freight intensity66
Energy cost62
Talent & skills60
Governance56
Resilience47
Growth momentum45
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)
71.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability76.5
Market access84
Economic scale79
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability87
Diversification6
Demographic stability57
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)
67
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
Airport access35
Market access84
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1010.1 µg/m³
NO213.5 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)
76.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety64.3
Connectivity82
Environment72.7
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
44.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 45%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2855
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 45%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 12.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 16.3%
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)
€17,879M2023
8.2% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,497M2025
0.2% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Population
317,4272025
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
12.5% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
175,8202023
1.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€107,0602025
3.3% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Gross value added
€16,331M2023
9.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,331M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,348M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,881M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€987M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,078M
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
50,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
€3,125M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,658M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,497M
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€107,060
2025 · EU pctl 87
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,955M
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,820
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
13,100
2023 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
54,480
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
177,400
2025 · EU pctl 67
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,390
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
932
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
1,036
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
716,259
2025 · EU pctl 42
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.
2,427
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,358 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
765
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
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)
200,765
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
70,435
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
46,227
2025 · EU pctl 63
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
2,723
2024 · EU pctl 67
Deaths
3,586
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
210 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 65
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
368,773
2100 · EU pctl 72
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
769 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
426 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 7
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 56
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
33.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 30
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