NUTS-3 DE139 · Germany
Lörrach
Export region data (CSV)Lörrach generates €9.1bn of GDP across 238.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (54.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.2
Livability71.2
Market access83
Economic scale56
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability91
Diversification38
Demographic stability87
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access86
Market access83
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary57
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers60
Scientists & engineers62
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)
79
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.5 µg/m³
PM1010.2 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
71.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety54.3
Connectivity80
Environment80
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
30.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2325
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 29.9%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.2%Public · health · education 20.6%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,356M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€45M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,495M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,170M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — construction (F)
€383M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,777M
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
34,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
2023 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€24,625M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,717M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€57,940M
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,935M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,721M
2023 · EU pctl 55
Labour market
Employment, total persons
107,190
2023 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
9,310
2023 · EU pctl 33
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,130
2023 · EU pctl 62
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.0%
2019 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,051
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise births
705
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise deaths
717
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
95
2012 · EU pctl 90
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
424 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 95
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,203,657
2024 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
1,757
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
737
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
150,493
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
52,002
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
35,768
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
1,780
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,500
2024 · EU pctl 42
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
296 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 74
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
950 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
205 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
194 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,368 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
649 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 8
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 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 13
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