NUTS-3 DE274 · Germany
Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.2bn of GDP across 44.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (95th EU percentile) and weakest for education (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.2
Livability69.6
Market access80
Economic scale16
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability88
Diversification45
Demographic stability47
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access99
Market access80
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
69.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety66.7
Connectivity64
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
27.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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: Industry · 32.7%Diversified · HHI 2280
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 32.7%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 17.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.4%Public · health · education 21%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,907M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€950M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€899M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — construction (F)
€214M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€503M
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
64,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,500
2023 · EU pctl 96
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)
€594M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€611M
2023 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,660
2023 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
2,350
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,210
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
1,897
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
136
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
140
2023 · EU pctl 3
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 10
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
11
2012 · EU pctl 40
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
256 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 83
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)
200,082
2024 · EU pctl 12
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.
243
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
550
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
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)
27,804
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
9,911
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
6,477
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Live births
431
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
522
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
630 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,017 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
605 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
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