NUTS-3 DE715 · Germany
Bergstraße
Bergstraße generates €9.8bn of GDP across 274.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (84th EU percentile) and weakest for health (58th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable59 → 54 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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)
Connectivity71
Quality of life68
Air quality68
Industrial base67
Talent & skills63
Resilience59
Labour market57
Governance56
Economic base45
Growth momentum44
Freight intensity42
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook34
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)
65
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.8
Livability68.3
Market access90
Economic scale58
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 stability37
Labour stability76
Diversification60
Demographic stability61
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access61
Market access90
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers68
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1011.8 µg/m³
NO212.2 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)
68.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy67.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety84
Connectivity61
Environment68.7
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
43.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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 · 25.6%Diversified · HHI 2191
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 25.6%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 20.1%
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)
€9,762M2023
5.5% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,691M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Population
274,1692025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
112,2902023
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Productivity / employee
€92,5222025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€8,916M2023
7.1% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,916M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€60M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,284M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,916M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€662M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,870M
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
31,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 45
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,600
2023 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€49,287M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,586M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€137,102M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,247M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,794M
2023 · EU pctl 57
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,691M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,522
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,900M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,290
2023 · EU pctl 48
Self-employed persons
12,400
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,740
2023 · EU pctl 51
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
137,800
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,313
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
963
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
1,017
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
596,852
2024 · EU pctl 37
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · 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.
1,382
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,885 kt
2025 · EU pctl 48
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
504
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
170,496
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
64,975
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
38,698
2025 · EU pctl 54
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 63
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
2,169
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
3,333
2024 · EU pctl 55
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
386 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,274
2100 · EU pctl 57
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
974 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
229 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
158 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
571 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
112 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 18
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 80
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.3%
2021 · EU pctl 69
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