NUTS-3 DE238 · Germany
Regensburg, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Regensburg, Landkreis generates €6.5bn of GDP across 196.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability68.8
Market access65
Economic scale42
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)
64.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability82
Diversification68
Demographic stability57
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access25
Market access65
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)
68.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy61
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety80.7
Connectivity91
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
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2146
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 26.3%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.3%Public · health · education 15.3%
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)
€5,940M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€141M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,564M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,398M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€539M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,170M
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
30,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 38
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€1,620M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€906M
2023 · EU pctl 28
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,310
2023 · EU pctl 31
Self-employed persons
8,330
2023 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,210
2023 · EU pctl 47
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,051
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise births
593
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise deaths
545
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
222
2012 · EU pctl 97
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1199 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 100
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)
316,041
2024 · EU pctl 20
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.
1,911
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
974
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
124,234
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
42,488
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
29,491
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 48
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of total population change
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,737
2024 · EU pctl 47
Deaths
1,947
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 53
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
4.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
393 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
324 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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