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NUTS-3 DEC02 · Germany
Merzig-Wadern
Population
108,7792025
GDP
€3,395M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
560.7 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
44.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€31,211
Population density
194 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 63 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,101M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€732M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€490M
GVA — construction (F)
€189M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€695M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,110M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,529M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,975M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€729M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€740M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,270
Self-employed persons
3,470
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,730
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.9%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,284
Enterprise births
268
Enterprise deaths
318
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
367,490
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
646 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
859
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
790
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
68,018
Population aged 65+
27,013
Population aged under 15
13,748
Median age of population
48.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
Live births
706
Deaths
1,460
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
197 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.9 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,123 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
243 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
777 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
251 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr