NUTS-3 DE27C · Germany
Unterallgäu
Unterallgäu generates €7.3bn of GDP across 147.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader75 → 82 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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 base96
Labour market93
Freight intensity86
Economic base83
Connectivity79
Quality of life67
Resilience62
Demographic outlook58
Governance56
Growth momentum49
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)
60.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability66.7
Market access79
Economic scale46
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability87
Diversification21
Demographic stability60
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)
79
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access90
Market access79
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)
66.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy86.5
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety51.3
Connectivity68
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
48.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 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: Industry · 40.2%Diversified · HHI 2480
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 40.2%Construction 11.2%Trade · transport · ICT 14.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.2%Public · health · education 12.7%
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)
€7,302M2023
10.3% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,230M2025
0.2% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Population
147,2552025
1.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
7.7% 1y 14.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
75,8502023
1.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Productivity / employee
€100,7542025
3.3% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Gross value added
€6,670M2023
11.9% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,670M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€170M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,683M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,522M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€744M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€946M
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
45,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,600
2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
€1,278M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€848M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,230M
2025 · EU pctl 47
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,754
2025 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,661M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour market
Employment, total persons
75,850
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
8,050
2023 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,290
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
83,200
2025 · EU pctl 34
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,526
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
481
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
587
2023 · EU pctl 32
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
829,437
2024 · EU pctl 47
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.
855
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,327 kt
2025 · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
581
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
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)
92,381
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
32,361
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
22,513
2025 · EU pctl 33
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of total population change
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,370
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
1,657
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
2024 · EU pctl 92
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 48
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
146,897
2100 · EU pctl 33
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
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
447 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
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)
658 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
91 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.1%
2021 · EU pctl 40
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