NUTS-3 DE246 · Germany
Bayreuth, Landkreis
Bayreuth, Landkreis generates €3.0bn of GDP across 103.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.4/100 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 (92th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable35 → 34 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)
Labour market88
Freight intensity81
Connectivity68
Industrial base67
Resilience65
Quality of life61
Governance56
Demographic outlook36
Energy cost36
Growth momentum33
Talent & skills31
Economic base24
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)
42.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.2
Livability61.4
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability59
Diversification69
Demographic stability39
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety50.7
Connectivity92
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
33.2
/ 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
+0.9 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: 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,973M2023
8.0% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,534M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Population
103,2152025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
14.3% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
35,4002023
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Productivity / employee
€88,5022025
3.3% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Gross value added
€2,716M2023
9.6% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
All indicators · 80 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,534M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,502
2025 · EU pctl 62
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€842M
2025 · EU pctl 21
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
56,000
2025 · EU pctl 18
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
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)
614,435
2024 · EU pctl 38
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,709 kt
2025 · EU pctl 35
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,035
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,003
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
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 41
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,397
2100 · EU pctl 15
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 18
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