NUTS-3 DE21J · Germany
Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm
Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm generates €7.0bn of GDP across 130.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +8.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (59th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser49 → 87 EU percentile since 1995 (+38 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)
Freight intensity98
Labour market97
Industrial base94
Economic base87
Quality of life78
Talent & skills77
Demographic outlook73
Connectivity69
Growth momentum58
Governance56
Resilience45
Energy cost36
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)
64.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.8
Livability78
Market access76
Economic scale45
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)
44.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability93
Diversification16
Demographic stability69
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access71
Market access76
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)
78
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety62
Connectivity59
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
57.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 40.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2587
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 40.4%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.5%Public · health · education 16.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,014M2023
2.5% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,101M2025
0.2% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Population
130,7812025
1.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
7.4% 1y 15.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
62,7902023
1.3% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Productivity / employee
€116,6952025
3.3% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Gross value added
€6,406M2023
4.0% 1y 8.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,406M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,590M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,216M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — construction (F)
€366M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,099M
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
48,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 87
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,400
2023 · EU pctl 87
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)
€1,183M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,079M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,101M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€116,695
2025 · EU pctl 92
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,859M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,790
2023 · EU pctl 25
Self-employed persons
6,190
2023 · EU pctl 19
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,530
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
71,500
2025 · EU pctl 27
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,148
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise births
389
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
444
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
281,054
2024 · EU pctl 17
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,321 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
633
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
484
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,668
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged 65+
25,723
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
20,390
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.4%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
1,214
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
1,265
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.5%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
173 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
131,078
2100 · EU pctl 28
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
475 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
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)
465 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
77 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 15
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
10.0%
2021 · EU pctl 87
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