NUTS-3 DE252 · Germany
Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €14bn of GDP across 115.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (93.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
65.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability63.6
Market access72
Economic scale71
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability61
Diversification1
Demographic stability79
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 density51
Airport access94
Market access72
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
63.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety47
Connectivity51
Environment68
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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: Industry · 53.1%Concentrated · HHI 3555
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 53.1%Construction 1.5%Trade · transport · ICT 9.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 18%Public · health · education 17.9%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,431M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,598M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,378M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€181M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,178M
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
105,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,700
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
€2,235M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,231M
2023 · EU pctl 65
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,140
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
4,760
2023 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,300
2023 · EU pctl 79
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,720
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
322
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
285
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 11
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
188
2012 · EU pctl 96
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1770 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 100
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
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)
687,859
2024 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
594 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 49 · 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.
492
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
424
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
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)
79,044
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged 65+
21,562
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged under 15
15,322
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.3%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
1,073
2024 · EU pctl 28
Deaths
1,135
2024 · EU pctl 11
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.7%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
1,521 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
257 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,207 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
281 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 32
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 24
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