NUTS-3 DE245 · Germany
Bamberg, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Bamberg, Landkreis generates €4.7bn of GDP across 147.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (84.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24
Livability63.1
Market access67
Economic scale28
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability83
Labour stability60
Diversification80
Demographic stability49
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access60
Market access67
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
63.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy56
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety80.7
Connectivity69
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
24
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 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: Industry · 24.6%Diversified · HHI 2079
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 24.6%Construction 9.4%Trade · transport · ICT 22.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.4%Public · health · education 18.7%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,248M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,044M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€926M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€401M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€937M
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
28,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 31
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
€993M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€795M
2023 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,730
2023 · EU pctl 19
Self-employed persons
5,990
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,650
2023 · EU pctl 38
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,989
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
334
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise deaths
381
2023 · EU pctl 19
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 7
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
24
2012 · EU pctl 60
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
165 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
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
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)
383,298
2024 · EU pctl 25
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.
902
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
610
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
93,852
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
32,148
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged under 15
21,777
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
1,154
2024 · EU pctl 30
Deaths
1,579
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
127 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
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
6.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
70.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
422 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
559 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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