NUTS-3 DE241 · Germany
Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.8bn of GDP across 77.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader96 → 95 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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 base96
Labour market88
Demographic outlook84
Industrial base72
Connectivity62
Quality of life61
Governance56
Air quality54
Resilience48
Freight intensity46
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Growth momentum20
Cost advantage19
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)
46.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth19.8
Livability61.4
Market access69
Economic scale37
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability70
Labour stability59
Diversification22
Demographic stability41
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density56
Airport access60
Market access69
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary28
Lifelong learning13
Knowledge workers41
Scientists & engineers42
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO214.4 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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy88.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety57
Connectivity56
Environment55.3
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
19.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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: Public · health · education · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2462
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 25.8%Construction 2.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.7%Public · health · education 31.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€5,849M2023
5.2% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,986M2025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Population
77,1502025
2.7% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
10.7% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
77,1202023
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Productivity / employee
€79,9372025
3.3% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Gross value added
€5,343M2023
6.7% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,343M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,380M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,228M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€141M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,039M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,100
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
69,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€78,300
2023 · EU pctl 97
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,094M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,882M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€27,035M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,107M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,673M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,986M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,937
2025 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,657M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,120
2023 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
4,410
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,620
2023 · EU pctl 46
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,500
2025 · EU pctl 11
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,360
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise births
259
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise deaths
233
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
842,297
2024 · EU pctl 48
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · 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.
351
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,070 kt
2025 · EU pctl 12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
455
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
51,865
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged 65+
15,595
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
9,690
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 8
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
27.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
29.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
682
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
839
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
1,384 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,681
2100 · EU pctl 11
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,117 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
90.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
389 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,568 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
243 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 37
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
22.3%
2021 · EU pctl 97
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