NUTS-3 DE217 · Germany
Dachau
Dachau generates €5.7bn of GDP across 153.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (70.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser41 → 57 EU percentile since 1995 (+16 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)
Labour market97
Demographic outlook82
Quality of life82
Connectivity77
Talent & skills77
Resilience68
Governance56
Economic base53
Growth momentum44
Freight intensity37
Energy cost36
Industrial base32
Cost advantage2
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)
60.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.6
Livability81.5
Market access81
Economic scale36
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)
67.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability93
Diversification64
Demographic stability34
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access74
Market access81
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
81.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy75.5
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety82
Connectivity77
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
43.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2165
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 16.2%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 23.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 22.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€5,725M2023
7.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,980M2025
0.2% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Population
153,5952025
1.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
11.1% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
65,0802023
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Productivity / employee
€91,9062025
3.3% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Gross value added
€5,229M2023
8.8% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,229M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€70M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€845M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€674M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — construction (F)
€462M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,240M
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
33,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
€1,444M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,168M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,980M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,906
2025 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,518M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,080
2023 · EU pctl 26
Self-employed persons
7,540
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,080
2023 · EU pctl 22
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
84,400
2025 · EU pctl 34
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,161
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise births
564
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
570
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 29
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 96 · 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)
494,005
2024 · EU pctl 32
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,594 kt
2025 · EU pctl 24
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,059
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
690
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
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)
99,941
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
30,515
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged under 15
23,139
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,371
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
1,527
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
264 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
159,246
2100 · EU pctl 37
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
20.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
160 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
427 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · 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)
524 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.2%
2021 · EU pctl 74
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Germany regions