NUTS-3 DE12A · Germany
Calw
Calw generates €5.7bn of GDP across 161.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years, 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable52 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Labour market79
Connectivity79
Industrial base77
Quality of life71
Talent & skills68
Resilience68
Governance56
Demographic outlook48
Economic base45
Growth momentum42
Freight intensity37
Energy cost36
Cost advantage19
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)
59.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42
Livability71.4
Market access89
Economic scale36
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability84
Diversification57
Demographic stability60
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)
78.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access64
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
71.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity83
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
42
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 26.8%Diversified · HHI 2209
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 26.8%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 19.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.7%Public · health · education 25.3%
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)
€5,736M2023
5.3% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,975M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Population
161,2512025
0.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
6.2% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
69,1102023
1.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Productivity / employee
€88,0052025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Gross value added
€5,239M2023
6.8% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,239M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€58M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,403M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,292M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — construction (F)
€350M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,015M
2023 · EU pctl 37
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)
31,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 45
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,700
2023 · EU pctl 52
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)
€1,085M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,327M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,975M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,005
2025 · EU pctl 61
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,202M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,110
2023 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
6,530
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,140
2023 · EU pctl 44
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
81,400
2025 · EU pctl 33
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,986
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
503
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
519
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 59
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 94 · 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)
929,326
2024 · EU pctl 51
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.
1,259
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,806 kt
2025 · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
781
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
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)
101,026
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
36,172
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
24,053
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
1,499
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,772
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
2024 · EU pctl 92
Population density (persons per km²)
202 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 65
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
147,009
2100 · EU pctl 33
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
514 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · 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)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
613 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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