NUTS-3 DE271 · Germany
Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €17bn of GDP across 301.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61/100 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 (38th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Labour market93
Economic base89
Demographic outlook70
Resilience62
Quality of life59
Governance56
Connectivity53
Industrial base50
Air quality48
Talent & skills41
Energy cost36
Growth momentum27
Freight intensity19
Cost advantage10
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)
61
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.2
Livability58.7
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
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)
58.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89.5
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety39.7
Connectivity38
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€16,694M2023
4.7% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€14,244M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Population
301,1052025
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
3.8% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
199,1502023
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Productivity / employee
€87,7292025
3.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€15,248M2023
6.3% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,244M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,729
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,798M
2025 · EU pctl 77
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
182,000
2025 · EU pctl 68
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 43 · 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 56
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.
818
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,797 kt
2025 · EU pctl 36
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
272
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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 84
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
296,359
2100 · EU pctl 64
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
24.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
30.1%
2021 · EU pctl 99
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