NUTS-3 DE234 · Germany
Amberg-Sulzbach
Export region data (CSV)Amberg-Sulzbach generates €3.6bn of GDP across 104k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (97th EU percentile) and weakest for health (35.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.8
Livability72.3
Market access64
Economic scale20
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability82
Diversification74
Demographic stability55
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access59
Market access64
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)
72.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety83
Connectivity97
Environment83
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
36.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 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 · 26.6%Diversified · HHI 2116
Agriculture 3.2%Industry 26.6%Construction 8.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.1%Public · health · education 19.7%
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)
€3,310M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€107M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — industry (B–E)
€879M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€711M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€270M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€536M
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
31,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,900
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€864M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€653M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,780
2023 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
4,450
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,450
2023 · EU pctl 27
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,543
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise births
245
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise deaths
263
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
47
2012 · EU pctl 75
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
453 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 95
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
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)
297,833
2024 · EU pctl 18
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.
1,448
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,393
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
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)
65,212
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
24,247
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
14,523
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 64
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
-1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
933
2024 · EU pctl 22
Deaths
1,280
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.8%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,096 /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
4.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
74.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
297 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
444 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 13
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