NUTS-3 DE259 · Germany
Nürnberger Land
Export region data (CSV)Nürnberger Land generates €6.7bn of GDP across 168.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (77th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41
Livability65.7
Market access69
Economic scale43
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)
51.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability62
Diversification36
Demographic stability31
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access86
Market access69
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)
65.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety57.7
Connectivity77
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
41
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2339
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 31.3%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 18%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.6%Public · health · education 20.1%
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)
€6,113M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€34M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,911M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,803M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — construction (F)
€339M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,098M
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
35,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,600
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
€1,503M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,227M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,580
2023 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
7,640
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,250
2023 · EU pctl 56
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,940
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
531
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
554
2023 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
87
2012 · EU pctl 88
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
525 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 97
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)
268,971
2024 · EU pctl 16
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.
1,178
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
698
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
104,506
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
40,154
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
24,153
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
1,285
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
2,069
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
212 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
443 /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)
362 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
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