NUTS-3 DE127 · Germany
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis generates €5.4bn of GDP across 145.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (85.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (59.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable66 → 56 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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 base83
Labour market79
Quality of life75
Talent & skills68
Resilience66
Connectivity62
Governance56
Economic base50
Demographic outlook44
Freight intensity43
Growth momentum39
Energy cost36
Cost advantage19
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)
57.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.2
Livability74.7
Market access84
Economic scale33
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability85
Diversification36
Demographic stability58
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density76
Airport access25
Market access84
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary69
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers75
Scientists & engineers91
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)
74.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy65.5
Jobs78
Education84
Health59.5
Safety85.3
Connectivity76
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
39.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.1 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 · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2342
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 31.2%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 14.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.7%Public · health · education 25.7%
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)
€5,392M2023
6.0% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,676M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Population
145,2632025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
6.2% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
67,1002023
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€85,2032025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Gross value added
€4,925M2023
7.5% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,925M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€81M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,537M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,341M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€268M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€707M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,100
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 50
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,100
2023 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€31,701M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€6,099M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€83,032M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,067M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,266M
2023 · EU pctl 41
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,676M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,203
2025 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,129M
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,100
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
5,940
2023 · EU pctl 17
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,720
2023 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.7%
2019 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,800
2025 · EU pctl 28
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,790
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise births
371
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
418
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.6%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.5%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
336,963
2024 · EU pctl 21
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
597 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,724 kt
2025 · EU pctl 26
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
969
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
667
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
90,356
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
34,607
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
20,300
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
-2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
1,124
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
1,779
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
140,513
2100 · EU pctl 31
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
980 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
134 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
541 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
26 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · 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)
362 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.9%
2021 · EU pctl 67
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