NUTS-3 DE256 · Germany
Ansbach, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Ansbach, Landkreis generates €7.1bn of GDP across 187.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.4
Livability72
Market access78
Economic scale45
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)
68.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability62
Diversification49
Demographic stability64
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)
74.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
Airport access52
Market access78
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)
72
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy70.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety82.3
Connectivity93
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
47.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 34.3%Diversified · HHI 2254
Agriculture 3%Industry 34.3%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 14.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%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)
€6,463M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€193M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,219M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,878M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — construction (F)
€587M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€920M
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
33,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,900
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
€1,393M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,151M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,540
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
8,520
2023 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,270
2023 · EU pctl 67
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,152
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise births
483
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise deaths
558
2023 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
44
2012 · EU pctl 73
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
247 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 82
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)
1,433,464
2024 · EU pctl 61
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.
1,976
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,053
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
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)
118,721
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
41,029
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
27,883
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
1,621
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
2,136
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
88.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
444 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
424 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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