NUTS-3 DE271 · Germany
Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €17bn of GDP across 301.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (95th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (37th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.2
Livability58.5
Market access81
Economic scale77
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)
62.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability73
Labour stability87
Diversification27
Demographic stability62
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access39
Market access81
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)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary43
Lifelong learning15
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers58
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.4 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO218.4 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)
58.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89.5
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety39.7
Connectivity37
Environment49
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
27.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 29.7%Diversified · HHI 2405
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 21.5%Construction 3.1%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 29.7%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,248M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,281M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,614M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€475M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,104M
2023 · EU pctl 77
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,100
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,100
2023 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,600M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,395M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,117M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,840M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,533M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
199,150
2023 · EU pctl 73
Self-employed persons
13,530
2023 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,270
2023 · EU pctl 68
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.4%
2019 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,216
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
1,085
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
1,013
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 42
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
46
2012 · EU pctl 74
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
174 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 69
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · 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)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,177,702
2024 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
639 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 72 · 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.
815
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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)
202,262
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
58,990
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
39,853
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 9
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
2,766
2024 · EU pctl 68
Deaths
3,150
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.9%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
2,041 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 95
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
989 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,296 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
494 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
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 23
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