NUTS-3 DE242 · Germany
Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity46Momentum25Resilience40Quality of life63vs nearest peer: Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt →
Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.8bn of GDP across 72.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (89th 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 base97
Labour market88
Quality of life63
Connectivity58
Governance56
Air quality43
Freight intensity41
Resilience40
Industrial base37
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Growth momentum25
Demographic outlook19
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)
46.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.2
Livability63.2
Market access60
Economic scale36
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)
39.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability59
Diversification13
Demographic stability20
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access43
Market access60
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)
43
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1013.3 µg/m³
NO217.9 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)
63.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety65.3
Connectivity71
Environment44
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
25.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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 · 39.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2637
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 22.1%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 14.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.2%Public · health · education 39.2%
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)
€5,770M2023
8.6% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,918M2025
0.2% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Population
72,9402025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
22.2% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
66,6802023
0.7% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€91,1832025
3.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Gross value added
€5,270M2023
10.2% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,270M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,164M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€760M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — construction (F)
€236M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€781M
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
70,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€79,200
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)
€1,014M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,067M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,918M
2025 · EU pctl 36
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,183
2025 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,634M
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,680
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
4,070
2023 · EU pctl 8
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,540
2023 · EU pctl 17
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
42,400
2025 · EU pctl 10
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,818
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
220
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
202
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
429,802
2024 · EU pctl 28
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.
444
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,818 kt
2025 · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
609
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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)
48,372
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
16,458
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
8,110
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
514
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
919
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.8%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
1,090 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
59,074
2100 · EU pctl 7
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
21.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,212 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
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)
351 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
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 33
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 79
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
3.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.6%
2021 · EU pctl 45
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