NUTS-3 DE233 · Germany
Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt
Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.9bn of GDP across 42.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (32.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader96 → 93 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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)
Economic base95
Labour market90
Freight intensity67
Resilience59
Quality of life59
Governance56
Connectivity54
Demographic outlook38
Talent & skills37
Energy cost36
Air quality33
Growth momentum27
Industrial base27
Cost advantage16
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)
39.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.2
Livability58.8
Market access59
Economic scale14
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability82
Diversification23
Demographic stability36
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)
53.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density76
Airport access26
Market access59
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary47
Lifelong learning16
Knowledge workers40
Scientists & engineers46
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM10—
NO217 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)
58.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89.5
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety32.3
Connectivity76
Environment34
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
27.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 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: Public · health · education · 30.6%Diversified · HHI 2458
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 14.5%Construction 4.1%Trade · transport · ICT 28%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 30.6%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,922M2023
4.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,494M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Population
42,4442025
0.0% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
7.4% 1y 9.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
38,6502023
1.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Productivity / employee
€78,7752025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Gross value added
€2,669M2023
6.4% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,669M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — industry (B–E)
€388M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€319M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€109M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€748M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,200
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€69,000
2023 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,986M
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,348M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,166M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€600M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€817M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,494M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,775
2025 · EU pctl 40
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€737M
2025 · EU pctl 16
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,650
2023 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
2,430
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,640
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
24,000
2025 · EU pctl 3
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,835
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
116
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
117
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
76,287
2024 · EU pctl 2
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
670 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,547 kt
2025 · EU pctl 9
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
285
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
672
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
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)
27,113
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
10,005
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,326
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
377
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
589
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
598 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
37,962
2100 · EU pctl 2
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,096 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
390 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 76
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
5.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 28
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