NUTS-3 DE116 · Germany
Rems-Murr-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Rems-Murr-Kreis generates €18bn of GDP across 440.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (48th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37
Livability69.3
Market access91
Economic scale79
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)
72.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability86
Diversification44
Demographic stability80
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access72
Market access91
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers68
Scientists & engineers83
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
Economy78
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety64.7
Connectivity48
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
37
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2284
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 30.7%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 18.1%
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).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,242M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,991M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,768M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€1,154M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,076M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
2023 · EU pctl 66
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€60,881M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€22,211M
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€139,588M
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,982M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,944M
2023 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
205,670
2023 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
19,090
2023 · EU pctl 56
Employment in manufacturing (C)
49,720
2023 · EU pctl 87
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,087
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
1,392
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,449
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
130
2012 · EU pctl 94
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
313 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 87
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
7.3%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
655,970
2024 · EU pctl 40
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
636 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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.
1,726
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
392
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
278,864
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
97,546
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
64,286
2025 · EU pctl 74
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of total population change
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
3,857
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
4,726
2024 · EU pctl 72
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
513 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
687 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
460 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
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