NUTS-3 DE232 · Germany
Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €16bn of GDP across 151.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years, 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 leader98 → 98 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Economic base99
Industrial base94
Labour market90
Freight intensity85
Demographic outlook84
Quality of life59
Governance56
Connectivity51
Resilience42
Air quality39
Talent & skills37
Energy cost36
Growth momentum31
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)
57.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31.2
Livability58.5
Market access66
Economic scale76
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability82
Diversification13
Demographic stability32
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)
50.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density58
Airport access28
Market access66
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
39
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.7 µg/m³
NO224.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
58.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety40.3
Connectivity58
Environment39.5
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
31.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 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
+0.4 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 · 36.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2641
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 36.9%Construction 2%Trade · transport · ICT 14.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 24.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€16,299M2023
8.4% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,913M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
151,3892025
1.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
12.5% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
165,5502023
1.5% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Productivity / employee
€102,6022025
3.3% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Gross value added
€14,887M2023
10.0% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,887M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€70M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,496M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,175M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€302M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,162M
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
97,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€109,700
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
€3,276M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,581M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,913M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,602
2025 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,113M
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour market
Employment, total persons
165,550
2023 · EU pctl 66
Self-employed persons
8,640
2023 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,390
2023 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
94,700
2025 · EU pctl 39
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,606
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise births
563
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
531
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
1,356,231
2024 · EU pctl 59
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
670 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · 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.
719
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,410 kt
2025 · EU pctl 52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
475
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
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)
106,869
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged 65+
26,278
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
18,242
2025 · EU pctl 25
Median age of population
38.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Live births
1,482
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,540
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
2024 · EU pctl 21
Population density (persons per km²)
1,905 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 95
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
148,849
2100 · EU pctl 34
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
87.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
321 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,481 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
342 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 26
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 95
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
21.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
12.4%
2021 · EU pctl 91
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