NUTS-3 DE149 · Germany
Sigmaringen
Export region data (CSV)Sigmaringen generates €6.0bn of GDP across 132.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.6/100 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 (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (68th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.6
Livability81.9
Market access85
Economic scale38
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)
62.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability82
Diversification33
Demographic stability56
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)
79.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access58
Market access85
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)
81.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy81
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety72.7
Connectivity96
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
41.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 34.4%Diversified · HHI 2358
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 34.4%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 15.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.7%Public · health · education 24%
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)
€5,486M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,886M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,689M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — construction (F)
€366M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€850M
2023 · EU pctl 30
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)
40,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 74
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,300
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
€972M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,316M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,910
2023 · EU pctl 29
Self-employed persons
5,850
2023 · EU pctl 17
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,360
2023 · EU pctl 55
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,041
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
399
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
415
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
19
2012 · EU pctl 53
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
146 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 64
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)
440,119
2024 · EU pctl 29
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.
1,611
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,219
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
83,408
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
29,601
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
19,158
2025 · EU pctl 27
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
1,170
2024 · EU pctl 31
Deaths
1,475
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
110 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 44
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
121 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
728 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
612 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
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 55
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