NUTS-3 DE145 · Germany
Alb-Donau-Kreis
Alb-Donau-Kreis generates €7.9bn of GDP across 202.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.9/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser47 → 61 EU percentile since 1995 (+14 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 base96
Labour market93
Freight intensity90
Quality of life74
Talent & skills71
Connectivity69
Demographic outlook62
Resilience58
Economic base57
Governance56
Growth momentum50
Energy cost36
Cost advantage12
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)
64.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.6
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
49.6
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,869M2023
8.0% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,815M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Population
202,3542025
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
3.6% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
82,1902023
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Productivity / employee
€100,9552025
3.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Gross value added
€7,187M2023
9.6% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
All indicators · 80 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,815M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,955
2025 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,012M
2025 · EU pctl 55
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
114,700
2025 · EU pctl 47
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · 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.
1,177
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,742 kt
2025 · EU pctl 66
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
582
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 26
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
200,589
2100 · EU pctl 46
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
28.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.4%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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