NUTS-3 DE27B · Germany
Ostallgäu
Ostallgäu generates €6.7bn of GDP across 142k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser61 → 77 EU percentile since 1995 (+16 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)
Industrial base94
Labour market93
Freight intensity89
Economic base78
Connectivity76
Demographic outlook72
Quality of life69
Resilience59
Governance56
Growth momentum45
Talent & skills41
Energy cost36
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)
58.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.6
Livability69.3
Market access76
Economic scale43
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)
58.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability66
Labour stability87
Diversification29
Demographic stability52
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)
75.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density75
Airport access76
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)
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)
69.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy84
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety62
Connectivity75
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
44.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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 · 37.8%Diversified · HHI 2395
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 37.8%Construction 8.4%Trade · transport · ICT 15%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.5%Public · health · education 16.9%
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)
€6,697M2023
9.5% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,714M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Population
142,0472025
0.6% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
3.7% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
73,7102023
1.3% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Productivity / employee
€95,0942025
3.3% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Gross value added
€6,117M2023
11.0% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,117M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,312M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,135M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€512M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€916M
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
42,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 78
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
2023 · EU pctl 80
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)
€1,196M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,031M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,714M
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,094
2025 · EU pctl 75
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,524M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,710
2023 · EU pctl 31
Self-employed persons
8,760
2023 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,760
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
79,800
2025 · EU pctl 32
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,641
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise births
475
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
520
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
3,398,376
2024 · EU pctl 80
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.
944
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,507 kt
2025 · EU pctl 52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
665
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
88,496
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
32,114
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged under 15
21,437
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,261
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
1,416
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
144,308
2100 · EU pctl 32
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
39.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
393 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
809 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
110 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 12
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