NUTS-3 DE124 · Germany
Rastatt
Export region data (CSV)Rastatt generates €12bn of GDP across 230.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (84th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (53th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31
Livability70.3
Market access87
Economic scale66
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability85
Diversification2
Demographic stability41
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density53
Airport access86
Market access87
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary69
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers75
Scientists & engineers91
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)
70.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy82.5
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety65
Connectivity53
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
31
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.1 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 · 50.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3269
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 50.6%Construction 4.2%Trade · transport · ICT 13.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.9%Public · health · education 12.6%
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).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,714M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€44M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,418M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,079M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€446M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,438M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,100
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 84
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,800
2023 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€31,701M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€6,099M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€83,032M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,024M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,345M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Labour market
Employment, total persons
116,430
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
8,880
2023 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,100
2023 · EU pctl 82
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.7%
2019 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,675
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
692
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
701
2023 · EU pctl 39
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 47
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
81
2012 · EU pctl 87
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
359 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 91
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.6%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.5%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
587,080
2024 · EU pctl 36
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
597 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · 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.
1,013
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
439
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
144,150
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
54,196
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
32,391
2025 · EU pctl 48
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 59
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
1,889
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
2,627
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
320 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
980 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
970 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
218 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
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