NUTS-3 DE27D · Germany
Donau-Ries
Donau-Ries generates €8.0bn of GDP across 135.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +7.5%/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
Enduring leader79 → 90 EU percentile since 1995 (+11 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 base98
Freight intensity96
Labour market93
Economic base92
Demographic outlook83
Quality of life67
Air quality60
Governance56
Connectivity56
Growth momentum44
Resilience42
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)
59.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.4
Livability67
Market access78
Economic scale50
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)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability88
Diversification10
Demographic stability56
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)
55.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access25
Market access78
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)
59.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM10—
NO210.7 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)
67
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety58.7
Connectivity64
Environment60.5
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
44.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+4.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 43.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2701
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 43.2%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 15.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.8%Public · health · education 13.6%
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)
€7,983M2023
6.0% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,811M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Population
135,0982025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
3.8% 1y 15.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
84,4602023
0.7% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Productivity / employee
€98,9212025
3.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Gross value added
€7,292M2023
7.6% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,292M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€167M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,151M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,952M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€456M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,156M
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
53,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,500
2023 · EU pctl 92
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)
€1,371M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€990M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,811M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,921
2025 · EU pctl 80
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,816M
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour market
Employment, total persons
84,460
2023 · EU pctl 37
Self-employed persons
6,460
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,920
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
77,300
2025 · EU pctl 31
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,335
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise births
362
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise deaths
405
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
352,600
2024 · EU pctl 23
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.
735
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,172 kt
2025 · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
544
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
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)
85,879
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
29,320
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
19,899
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
1,150
2024 · EU pctl 30
Deaths
1,513
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
106 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
145,011
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 54
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
83.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
527 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
488 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 39
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
23.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.4%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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