NUTS-3 DE147 · Germany
Bodenseekreis
Export region data (CSV)Bodenseekreis generates €13bn of GDP across 220.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/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 (49.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46
Livability77.4
Market access84
Economic scale71
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)
42
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability83
Diversification3
Demographic stability62
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)
90.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access95
Market access84
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1011 µg/m³
NO214.5 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)
77.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy90.5
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety49.3
Connectivity92
Environment68.3
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
46
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 50.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3266
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 50.8%Construction 3.7%Trade · transport · ICT 13.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.1%Public · health · education 14.3%
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).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,312M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,256M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,084M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€460M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,616M
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
54,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 93
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,100
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
€2,105M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,758M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,710
2023 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
11,080
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,490
2023 · EU pctl 82
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,336
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise births
757
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
781
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
126
2012 · EU pctl 93
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
602 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 98
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)
2,919,952
2024 · EU pctl 77
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.
2,265
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,026
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
135,822
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
53,952
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged under 15
31,030
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
1,877
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
2,357
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
496 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
812 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
443 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 12
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 64
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 22
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