NUTS-3 DE135 · Germany
Rottweil
Export region data (CSV)Rottweil generates €7.3bn of GDP across 140.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (15th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29.4
Livability67
Market access85
Economic scale46
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)
46.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability91
Diversification5
Demographic stability48
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access36
Market access85
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)
67
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy83
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety61.7
Connectivity94
Environment15
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
29.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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 · 47.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2984
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 47.2%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 13%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.3%Public · health · education 15.8%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,695M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,162M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,969M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — construction (F)
€400M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€873M
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)
46,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,300
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
€1,156M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,056M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,160
2023 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
6,580
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,330
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
5,724
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
455
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
425
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
49
2012 · EU pctl 75
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
350 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 90
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)
275,231
2024 · EU pctl 17
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.
1,541
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,099
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
87,411
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
31,390
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
21,436
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,291
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
1,592
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
182 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
118 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
589 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
679 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 85
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