NUTS-3 DE134 · Germany
Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis generates €21bn of GDP across 444.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (58th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader83 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 market89
Industrial base85
Economic base79
Freight intensity76
Connectivity75
Quality of life70
Resilience69
Governance56
Talent & skills55
Demographic outlook46
Energy cost36
Growth momentum35
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)
67.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35
Livability70.3
Market access82
Economic scale82
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)
68.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability91
Diversification45
Demographic stability81
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access76
Market access82
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)
70.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy80
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety58
Connectivity68
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
35
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2280
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 30.3%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.7%Public · health · education 21.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€21,143M2023
3.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€18,313M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Population
444,8582025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
24.0% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
251,6902023
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Productivity / employee
€88,8222025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€19,312M2023
5.1% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,312M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€160M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,851M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,424M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€1,111M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,063M
2023 · EU pctl 83
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)
42,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 79
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,800
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
€3,991M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,137M
2023 · EU pctl 83
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,313M
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,822
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,981M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
251,690
2023 · EU pctl 81
Self-employed persons
20,230
2023 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
63,430
2023 · EU pctl 92
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
243,800
2025 · EU pctl 77
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,599
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise births
1,413
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise deaths
1,390
2023 · EU pctl 59
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
4,246,684
2024 · EU pctl 84
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.
2,607
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,569 kt
2025 · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
586
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
279,554
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
100,115
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged under 15
65,189
2025 · EU pctl 74
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
3,882
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
4,964
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
241 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 69
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
452,747
2100 · EU pctl 78
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,056 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · 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)
212 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
49.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.0%
2021 · EU pctl 78
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