NUTS-3 DE21D · Germany
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen generates €3.6bn of GDP across 89.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (97th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (51.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable66 → 64 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Air quality97
Quality of life79
Talent & skills77
Connectivity68
Economic base60
Governance56
Resilience55
Growth momentum49
Freight intensity44
Demographic outlook41
Energy cost36
Industrial base12
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)
54.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.4
Livability78.5
Market access69
Economic scale20
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability93
Diversification9
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access67
Market access69
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)
96.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM104.6 µg/m³
NO24.4 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)
78.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety51.7
Connectivity67
Environment97
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
49.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 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: Public · health · education · 41.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2751
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 9.7%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 41.4%
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)
€3,571M2023
9.7% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,106M2025
0.2% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Population
89,2962025
0.0% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
11.1% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
46,4502023
1.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Productivity / employee
€80,3082025
3.3% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Gross value added
€3,262M2023
11.3% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,262M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€315M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€234M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€159M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
2023 · EU pctl 23
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)
35,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
€732M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,350M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,106M
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,308
2025 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€947M
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,450
2023 · EU pctl 14
Self-employed persons
5,830
2023 · EU pctl 17
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,480
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
46,400
2025 · EU pctl 13
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,353
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise births
369
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
423
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
3,170,890
2024 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,322 kt
2025 · EU pctl 15
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
514
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
576
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
54,894
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
22,885
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged under 15
11,517
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
647
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
1,117
2024 · EU pctl 10
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
87,485
2100 · EU pctl 15
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
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)
908 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
135 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 0
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 94
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
3.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.4%
2021 · EU pctl 79
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