NUTS-3 DE145 · Germany
Alb-Donau-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Alb-Donau-Kreis generates €7.9bn of GDP across 202.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (93th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (61.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
65
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.8
Livability74
Market access86
Economic scale50
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability82
Diversification15
Demographic stability75
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access54
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)
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
74
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety61.7
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
49.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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: Industry · 41.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2592
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 41.2%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 15.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 15.4%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,187M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,959M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,690M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€498M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,119M
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
34,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 57
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,100
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
€1,375M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,109M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
82,190
2023 · EU pctl 36
Self-employed persons
8,510
2023 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,120
2023 · EU pctl 64
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,282
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise births
600
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise deaths
604
2023 · EU pctl 33
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 37
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
59
2012 · EU pctl 80
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
311 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 87
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)
592,114
2024 · EU pctl 37
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.
1,217
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
601
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
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)
128,744
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged 65+
41,971
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
31,639
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
44.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.6%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
1,831
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
2,066
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
149 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 56
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
120 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
645 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
669 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
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