NUTS-3 DE246 · Germany
Bayreuth, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Bayreuth, Landkreis generates €3.0bn of GDP across 103.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (91th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.2
Livability61.2
Market access61
Economic scale14
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability59
Diversification69
Demographic stability40
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access51
Market access61
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)
61.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety50.7
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
40.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.1 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. · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2141
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 26.3%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.5%Public · health · education 17.8%
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)
€2,716M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€107M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — industry (B–E)
€715M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€182M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€481M
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
25,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
€747M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€484M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
35,400
2023 · EU pctl 7
Self-employed persons
4,630
2023 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,150
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,683
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
236
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise deaths
285
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 7
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
19
2012 · EU pctl 53
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
177 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 70
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)
614,435
2024 · EU pctl 38
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.
1,022
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
990
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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)
63,854
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged 65+
25,318
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged under 15
14,043
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
764
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,314
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 33
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
68.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
397 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
540 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
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