NUTS-3 DE257 · Germany
Erlangen-Höchstadt
Export region data (CSV)Erlangen-Höchstadt generates €6.2bn of GDP across 138.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (80th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability68.2
Market access72
Economic scale39
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability62
Diversification20
Demographic stability53
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density63
Airport access84
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)
68.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy80
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety80
Connectivity63
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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. · 32.1%Diversified · HHI 2498
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 22.9%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 27.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.1%Public · health · education 14%
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)
€5,626M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,286M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,210M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€189M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,528M
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
39,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 72
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,500
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
€1,804M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€789M
2023 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,010
2023 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
5,540
2023 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,180
2023 · EU pctl 52
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,754
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise births
396
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
380
2023 · EU pctl 19
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
138
2012 · EU pctl 94
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1046 /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)
291,556
2024 · EU pctl 17
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.
752
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
544
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
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)
85,884
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
31,151
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
21,290
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
1,114
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
1,392
2024 · EU pctl 17
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
248 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
10.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
74.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
557 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
300 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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