NUTS-3 DE133 · Germany
Emmendingen
Export region data (CSV)Emmendingen generates €6.8bn of GDP across 169.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (50th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.4
Livability68.3
Market access80
Economic scale44
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability91
Diversification21
Demographic stability69
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)
69.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
Airport access56
Market access80
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
68.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy71.5
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety50
Connectivity73
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
45.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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: Industry · 37.1%Diversified · HHI 2479
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 37.1%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 13.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 21%
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)
€6,220M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€47M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,308M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,152M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — construction (F)
€433M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€827M
2023 · EU pctl 30
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)
36,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,400
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
€1,297M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,308M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Labour market
Employment, total persons
79,290
2023 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
7,750
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,360
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
6,581
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
525
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
532
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
73
2012 · EU pctl 85
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
462 /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)
674,386
2024 · EU pctl 40
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.
1,104
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
650
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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)
106,059
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged 65+
38,567
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged under 15
25,161
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
1,473
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,834
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
251 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
163 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
796 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
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