NUTS-3 DE21N · Germany
Weilheim-Schongau
Export region data (CSV)Weilheim-Schongau generates €6.8bn of GDP across 139k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (70th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45
Livability82.3
Market access75
Economic scale44
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability93
Diversification12
Demographic stability74
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density70
Airport access43
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
82.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy89.5
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety80
Connectivity70
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
45
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 41.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2661
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 41.3%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 12.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 20%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,193M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,556M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,426M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — construction (F)
€346M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€788M
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
44,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,300
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
€1,181M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,236M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,390
2023 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
7,820
2023 · EU pctl 27
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,010
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
6,307
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
440
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
517
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 24
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
64
2012 · EU pctl 82
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
489 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 96
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)
402,905
2024 · EU pctl 27
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.
854
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
615
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
86,014
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
31,972
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged under 15
20,971
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
1,201
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
1,532
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
145 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
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
7.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
63.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
511 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
599 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
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