NUTS-3 DE25C · Germany
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Opportunity52Momentum46Resilience57Quality of life68vs nearest peer: Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim →
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen generates €3.7bn of GDP across 94.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable58 → 62 EU percentile since 1995 (+5 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)
Freight intensity98
Labour market86
Industrial base78
Connectivity72
Quality of life68
Talent & skills63
Demographic outlook60
Economic base59
Resilience57
Governance56
Growth momentum46
Energy cost36
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)
52.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.6
Livability67.5
Market access75
Economic scale21
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)
56.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability62
Diversification42
Demographic stability44
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 density88
Airport access52
Market access75
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)
67.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety57.3
Connectivity88
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
45.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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 · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2300
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 31.7%Construction 4.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.6%Public · health · education 22.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€3,742M2023
8.5% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,242M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Population
94,6952025
0.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
46.2% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
45,0102023
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Productivity / employee
€87,3932025
3.3% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€3,418M2023
10.1% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,418M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€72M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,084M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€852M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€166M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€603M
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
€739M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€756M
2023 · EU pctl 20
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,242M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,393
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€805M
2025 · EU pctl 19
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,010
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
4,630
2023 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,700
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
50,100
2025 · EU pctl 15
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,880
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise births
273
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise deaths
317
2023 · EU pctl 14
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
928,216
2024 · EU pctl 51
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.
825
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,041 kt
2025 · EU pctl 49
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
871
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
58,688
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged 65+
22,289
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged under 15
13,718
2025 · EU pctl 15
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
796
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
1,135
2024 · EU pctl 11
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
95,871
2100 · EU pctl 17
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
149 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
506 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
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)
431 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)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.6%
2021 · EU pctl 31
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