NUTS-3 DE254 · Germany
Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €39bn of GDP across 529.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (31th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 94 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 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 outlook74
Connectivity72
Talent & skills63
Resilience60
Quality of life57
Governance56
Growth momentum48
Freight intensity48
Industrial base38
Energy cost36
Air quality30
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)
67.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.4
Livability57.4
Market access73
Economic scale92
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)
59.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability62
Diversification23
Demographic stability70
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
Airport access98
Market access73
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.4 µg/m³
PM1017.2 µg/m³
NO222.7 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)
57.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety48.7
Connectivity44
Environment31
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
48.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2448
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 16.8%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 27.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.7%Public · health · education 21.2%
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)
€38,630M2023
8.1% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€33,468M2025
0.2% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Population
529,5082025
0.6% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
46.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
406,8502023
0.9% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Productivity / employee
€99,8192025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Gross value added
€35,285M2023
9.7% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€35,285M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,932M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,105M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€1,273M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,732M
2023 · EU pctl 94
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)
65,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€73,600
2023 · EU pctl 96
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)
€10,823M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,487M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€33,468M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€99,819
2025 · EU pctl 80
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,312M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
406,850
2023 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
25,650
2023 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,670
2023 · EU pctl 85
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
300,200
2025 · EU pctl 84
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,954
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise births
1,867
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise deaths
1,911
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
3,855,241
2024 · EU pctl 83
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.
1,827
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,693 kt
2025 · EU pctl 77
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
345
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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)
351,658
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged 65+
107,104
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
70,746
2025 · EU pctl 77
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
4,753
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
5,834
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
2,854 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
533,411
2100 · EU pctl 82
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
413 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,701 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
312 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 92
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 26
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
37.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 60
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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