NUTS-3 DE131 · Germany
Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis
Export region data (CSV)Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis generates €15bn of GDP across 237.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (87th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (42th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.6
Livability65.5
Market access81
Economic scale74
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability91
Diversification12
Demographic stability76
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access57
Market access81
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary57
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers60
Scientists & engineers62
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.3 µg/m³
PM1010.9 µg/m³
NO218.4 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)
65.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy87
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety49
Connectivity42
Environment65.3
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
36.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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 · 38.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2655
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 15%Construction 3%Trade · transport · ICT 22.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 21%Public · health · education 38.4%
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)
€13,560M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,037M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,705M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — construction (F)
€410M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,040M
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
56,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 93
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€63,000
2023 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€24,625M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,717M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€57,940M
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,843M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,213M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
186,690
2023 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
12,290
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,300
2023 · EU pctl 42
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.0%
2019 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,733
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
898
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise deaths
851
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
99
2012 · EU pctl 90
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
431 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 95
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,123,388
2024 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
774
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
326
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
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.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,501
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
42,291
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
31,668
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
37.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Live births
2,155
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
1,984
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
Population density (persons per km²)
1,548 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
950 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
205 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
96.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
440 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,266 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
243 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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 11
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 41
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