NUTS-3 DE263 · Germany
Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €10bn of GDP across 133.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader96 → 95 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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 market84
Resilience66
Quality of life62
Governance56
Connectivity53
Air quality50
Talent & skills46
Growth momentum42
Freight intensity41
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook22
Cost advantage13
Industrial base13
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)
59.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.8
Livability61.6
Market access76
Economic scale60
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)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability73
Diversification8
Demographic stability87
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access20
Market access76
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning29
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers54
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1013.4 µg/m³
NO218.9 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)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs86
Education56
Health54
Safety30
Connectivity62
Environment51.7
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
41.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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: Public · health · education · 38.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2778
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 10.7%Construction 2.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.8%Public · health · education 38.2%
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)
€10,079M2023
1.7% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,669M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Population
133,2582025
1.1% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
15.4% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
130,2102023
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Productivity / employee
€81,7992025
3.3% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Gross value added
€9,207M2023
3.1% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,207M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€985M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€696M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€210M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,020M
2023 · EU pctl 63
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,800
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
68,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€76,600
2023 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,277M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,933M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€34,752M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,466M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,517M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,669M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,799
2025 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,885M
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,210
2023 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
7,580
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,670
2023 · EU pctl 20
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
82,800
2025 · EU pctl 34
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,546
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
397
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
391
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 29
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,041,065
2024 · EU pctl 54
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
665 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,316 kt
2025 · EU pctl 23
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
699
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
525
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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)
91,190
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
27,415
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
14,653
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
1,074
2024 · EU pctl 28
Deaths
1,484
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.1%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.00
2024 · EU pctl 3
Population density (persons per km²)
1,523 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
111,232
2100 · EU pctl 22
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,004 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
208 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
373 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,866 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · 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)
167 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 34
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
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 22
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.5%
2021 · EU pctl 64
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