NUTS-3 DE225 · Germany
Freyung-Grafenau
Export region data (CSV)Freyung-Grafenau generates €3.2bn of GDP across 78.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (99th EU percentile) and weakest for education (19th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability65.6
Market access50
Economic scale16
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability74
Labour stability78
Diversification74
Demographic stability50
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)
60.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access33
Market access50
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)
22.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary24
Lifelong learning8
Knowledge workers21
Scientists & engineers38
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)
65.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs91.5
Education19
Health34.5
Safety76.3
Connectivity99
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
44.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.1 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 · 28.6%Diversified · HHI 2114
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 28.6%Construction 10.7%Trade · transport · ICT 14.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.7%Public · health · education 22.1%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,895M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€829M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€778M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — construction (F)
€308M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€424M
2023 · EU pctl 12
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,300
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
2023 · EU pctl 66
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€15,377M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,308M
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,040M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€630M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€641M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
39,930
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
4,300
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,210
2023 · EU pctl 30
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.5%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,476
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise births
221
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
233
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
90 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 50
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
949,249
2024 · EU pctl 52
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
681 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 89 · 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.
1,576
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,002
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
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)
48,926
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
19,598
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
10,186
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
632
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
958
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,108 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
63.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
276 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
715 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
107 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
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