NUTS-3 DE251 · Germany
Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt
Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.1bn of GDP across 40.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 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 market86
Demographic outlook78
Connectivity72
Industrial base72
Quality of life66
Talent & skills63
Governance56
Freight intensity48
Air quality42
Growth momentum39
Resilience38
Energy cost36
Cost advantage12
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)
49.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39
Livability66.4
Market access77
Economic scale15
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)
38
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability62
Diversification7
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access61
Market access77
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers65
Scientists & engineers81
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO219.8 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)
66.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety65.3
Connectivity79
Environment42.7
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
39
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 40.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2795
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 24.8%Construction 1.8%Trade · transport · ICT 14.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.5%Public · health · education 40.4%
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)
€3,089M2023
10.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,676M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Population
40,7422025
2.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
38.5% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
38,9202023
5.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Productivity / employee
€83,4262025
3.3% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€2,821M2023
12.5% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,821M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€699M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€651M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — construction (F)
€50M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€403M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,000
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
69,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€77,900
2023 · EU pctl 97
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€21,016M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,272M
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€54,755M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€522M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,140M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,676M
2025 · EU pctl 17
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,426
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€665M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,920
2023 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
2,040
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,570
2023 · EU pctl 17
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
22,000
2025 · EU pctl 2
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,500
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
88
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
91
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 24
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
100,402
2024 · EU pctl 4
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
594 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,134 kt
2025 · EU pctl 5
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
293
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
719
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
25,745
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
9,274
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
5,723
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
25.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
31.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
362
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
583
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
402 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 80
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
39,277
2100 · EU pctl 3
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,065 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
225 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
57.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
103 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,393 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · 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)
443 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
1.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 4
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