NUTS-3 DE125 · Germany
Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
Export region data (CSV)Heidelberg, Stadtkreis generates €11bn of GDP across 155.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (88th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (51th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29.4
Livability71.1
Market access89
Economic scale64
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability85
Diversification11
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)
57.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density51
Airport access33
Market access89
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
71
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1011 µg/m³
NO212.9 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)
71.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy88
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety65.3
Connectivity51
Environment71.7
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
29.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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: Public · health · education · 35.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2666
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 13%Construction 1.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.9%Public · health · education 35.1%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,018M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,303M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,090M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€195M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,192M
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
63,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€70,800
2023 · EU pctl 95
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)
€2,796M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,521M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Labour market
Employment, total persons
129,740
2023 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
8,520
2023 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,640
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
6,640
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise births
597
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise deaths
543
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
64
2012 · EU pctl 82
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
428 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 95
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)
1,771,956
2024 · EU pctl 67
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.
643
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
413
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
71
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
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)
110,740
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
25,988
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
19,028
2025 · EU pctl 27
Median age of population
35.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 0
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Live births
1,249
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
1,294
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.99
2024 · EU pctl 3
Population density (persons per km²)
1,453 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
65.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,286 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
337 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 12
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 53
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 23
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