NUTS-3 DE12C · Germany
Freudenstadt
Export region data (CSV)Freudenstadt generates €5.6bn of GDP across 122k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (52.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46
Livability74.1
Market access87
Economic scale35
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability33
Labour stability85
Diversification10
Demographic stability80
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 density92
Airport access57
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)
74.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy78.5
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety52.7
Connectivity92
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
46
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 42.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2698
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 42.2%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.4%Public · health · education 16.6%
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)
€5,159M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€41M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,177M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,091M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€283M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€855M
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
41,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 76
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,400
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
€947M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€856M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,190
2023 · EU pctl 26
Self-employed persons
5,200
2023 · EU pctl 14
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,490
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
4,508
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise births
367
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
329
2023 · EU pctl 15
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
31
2012 · EU pctl 66
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
262 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 83
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)
1,359,230
2024 · EU pctl 60
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.
1,223
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,003
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
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)
77,457
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
27,078
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged under 15
17,423
2025 · EU pctl 23
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
1,032
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
1,348
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
140 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 53
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
714 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
666 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
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