NUTS-3 DE148 · Germany
Ravensburg
Export region data (CSV)Ravensburg generates €15bn of GDP across 291.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (55.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.2
Livability79.6
Market access82
Economic scale75
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability82
Diversification38
Demographic stability68
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)
86
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access82
Market access82
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)
79.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy87
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety55.3
Connectivity94
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
45.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 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: Industry · 31.5%Diversified · HHI 2322
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 31.5%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 16.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 20.3%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,858M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€189M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,362M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,062M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — construction (F)
€787M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,254M
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
46,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,600
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
€3,449M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,817M
2023 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
171,310
2023 · EU pctl 67
Self-employed persons
15,290
2023 · EU pctl 50
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,000
2023 · EU pctl 84
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,401
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
941
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
971
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 41
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
71
2012 · EU pctl 84
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
256 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 83
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)
2,639,043
2024 · EU pctl 75
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.
3,146
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,081
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
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)
185,007
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged 65+
62,725
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
43,370
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
2,535
2024 · EU pctl 64
Deaths
2,944
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
178 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 61
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
747 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
738 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
94 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
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