NUTS-3 DE137 · Germany
Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen generates €8.5bn of GDP across 145.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (62.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader81 → 89 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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)
Industrial base100
Economic base91
Labour market89
Quality of life74
Demographic outlook73
Connectivity64
Governance56
Talent & skills55
Resilience50
Growth momentum43
Energy cost36
Freight intensity32
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)
64.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43
Livability74.1
Market access86
Economic scale54
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability91
Diversification1
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access39
Market access86
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)
74.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy86
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety76.3
Connectivity67
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
43
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 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 · 56.3%Concentrated · HHI 3704
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 56.3%Construction 4.2%Trade · transport · ICT 11.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.2%Public · health · education 12.3%
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)
€8,528M2023
11.6% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,386M2025
0.2% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Population
145,2082025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
19.2% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
88,7902023
1.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Productivity / employee
€101,5432025
3.3% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Gross value added
€7,789M2023
13.2% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,789M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€35M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,385M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,225M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — construction (F)
€327M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€901M
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
52,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 91
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,100
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
€1,187M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€955M
2023 · EU pctl 30
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,386M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,543
2025 · EU pctl 83
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,009M
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour market
Employment, total persons
88,790
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
6,240
2023 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
42,510
2023 · EU pctl 83
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)
80,100
2025 · EU pctl 32
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,490
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
439
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
438
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
333,262
2024 · EU pctl 21
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.
837
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,079 kt
2025 · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
576
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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)
91,800
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
30,208
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
23,200
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 22
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
1,480
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,562
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
2024 · EU pctl 96
Population density (persons per km²)
198 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 64
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
157,164
2100 · EU pctl 36
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
718 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
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)
865 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.3%
2021 · EU pctl 42
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