NUTS-3 DE21J · Germany
Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 66 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
35
2012 · EU pctl 68
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
300 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 86
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)
281,054
2024 · EU pctl 17
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.
641
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
490
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 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
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
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
0.8 /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
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
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