NUTS-3 DE129 · Germany
Pforzheim, Stadtkreis
Export region data (CSV)Pforzheim, Stadtkreis generates €6.5bn of GDP across 134.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (84th EU percentile) and weakest for health (59.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.6
Livability72.7
Market access91
Economic scale42
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)
66
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability85
Diversification27
Demographic stability97
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)
74.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access63
Market access91
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.7 µg/m³
PM1011.4 µg/m³
NO215 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)
72.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80.5
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety69.7
Connectivity69
Environment68
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
46.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
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 · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2405
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 31.2%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%Public · health · education 23.8%
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)
€5,945M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,855M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,720M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — construction (F)
€215M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,173M
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
43,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,400
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
€1,278M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,417M
2023 · EU pctl 46
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,430
2023 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
5,610
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,800
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
4,873
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise births
428
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
449
2023 · EU pctl 24
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 66
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
25
2012 · EU pctl 61
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
205 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 75
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)
237,136
2024 · EU pctl 14
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.
820
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
608
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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)
87,139
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
27,093
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged under 15
20,680
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
41.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 11
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
1,268
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
1,460
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
1,378 /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
48.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,466 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
356 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 14
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 7
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