NUTS-3 DE231 · Germany
Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity48Momentum43Resilience53Quality of life70vs nearest peer: Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt →
Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.3bn of GDP across 42.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (35.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader91 → 95 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Industrial base98
Economic base97
Labour market90
Quality of life70
Connectivity64
Governance56
Freight intensity55
Resilience53
Growth momentum43
Demographic outlook39
Talent & skills37
Energy cost36
Cost advantage16
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)
48.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.6
Livability69.7
Market access63
Economic scale18
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability70
Labour stability82
Diversification7
Demographic stability54
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)
63.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access48
Market access63
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary47
Lifelong learning16
Knowledge workers40
Scientists & engineers46
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)
69.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy90.5
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety67.7
Connectivity80
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
42.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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 · 41.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2841
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 41.5%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 9.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 26.8%
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)
€3,323M2023
11.7% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,837M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Population
42,5532025
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
26.1% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
36,7902023
0.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Productivity / employee
€94,1132025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Gross value added
€3,036M2023
13.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,036M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€7M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,260M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,218M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€151M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€296M
2023 · EU pctl 6
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,200
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
70,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€78,800
2023 · EU pctl 97
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,986M
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,348M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,166M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€509M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€813M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,837M
2025 · EU pctl 19
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,113
2025 · EU pctl 74
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€839M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,790
2023 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
2,240
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,600
2023 · EU pctl 31
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
23,800
2025 · EU pctl 3
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,646
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
118
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
102
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
100,327
2024 · EU pctl 4
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
670 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,286 kt
2025 · EU pctl 6
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
308
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
724
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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)
26,777
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
10,356
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,420
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 52
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
328
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
587
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
848 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
38,615
2100 · EU pctl 2
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,096 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,028 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
407 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.6%
2021 · EU pctl 31
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