NUTS-3 DE142 · Germany
Tübingen, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Tübingen, Landkreis generates €10.0bn of GDP across 233.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (93th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (47.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
67.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.2
Livability69.8
Market access91
Economic scale59
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)
62.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability82
Diversification20
Demographic stability70
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)
76.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access77
Market access91
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning46
Knowledge workers76
Scientists & engineers85
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1014 µg/m³
NO218.7 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)
69.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy78
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety60
Connectivity62
Environment47.3
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
51.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 34.4%Diversified · HHI 2497
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 23.1%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 14.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.5%Public · health · education 34.4%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,130M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€51M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,108M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,927M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€364M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,315M
2023 · EU pctl 46
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,000
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,100
2023 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€25,503M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,289M
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€52,964M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,147M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,145M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Labour market
Employment, total persons
123,440
2023 · EU pctl 52
Self-employed persons
9,140
2023 · EU pctl 32
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,180
2023 · EU pctl 58
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,094
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
686
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
724
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
103
2012 · EU pctl 91
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
464 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 96
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
428,700
2024 · EU pctl 28
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
639 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 72 · 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.
1,261
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
540
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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)
154,755
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
45,541
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged under 15
33,250
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Live births
2,046
2024 · EU pctl 54
Deaths
1,927
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.9%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
450 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.6%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
195 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
105 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
784 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
348 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 41
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
43
2024 · EU pctl 5
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