NUTS-3 DE211 · Germany
Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €23bn of GDP across 141.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (99th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (26.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.4
Livability71.1
Market access75
Economic scale84
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability5
Labour stability93
Diversification0
Demographic stability77
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access51
Market access75
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary92
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers90
Scientists & engineers93
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1016.9 µg/m³
NO220.1 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)
71.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy99
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety65.7
Connectivity52
Environment26.7
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
48.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 72.2%Concentrated · HHI 5453
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 72.2%Construction 1.2%Trade · transport · ICT 7.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 9.9%Public · health · education 8.8%
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)
€20,829M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,040M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,916M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€247M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,628M
2023 · EU pctl 55
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€34,700
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
146,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 100
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€164,200
2023 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€92,019M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€17,837M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€176,106M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,072M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,828M
2023 · EU pctl 58
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,160
2023 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
5,610
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,860
2023 · EU pctl 86
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,348
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
369
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
383
2023 · EU pctl 19
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
80
2012 · EU pctl 87
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
630 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 99
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
652,502
2024 · EU pctl 39
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · 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.
610
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
432
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
93,916
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
26,094
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
21,175
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,453
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,408
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.3%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
1,080 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
931 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,271 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 66
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
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