NUTS-3 DE244 · Germany
Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.4bn of GDP across 46.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (89th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.4
Livability67.5
Market access53
Economic scale10
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability92
Labour stability59
Diversification10
Demographic stability69
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density89
Airport access30
Market access53
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary28
Lifelong learning13
Knowledge workers41
Scientists & engineers42
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)
67.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy83.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety63
Connectivity89
Environment64
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
26.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 · 38.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2701
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 13.6%Construction 2.5%Trade · transport · ICT 23.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.3%Public · health · education 38.5%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,229M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€303M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€228M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€55M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€533M
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
46,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,700
2023 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,094M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,882M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€27,035M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€474M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€859M
2023 · EU pctl 26
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,990
2023 · EU pctl 7
Self-employed persons
2,370
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,530
2023 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,650
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
107
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
106
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
13
2012 · EU pctl 44
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
274 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 85
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
135,680
2024 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · 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.
423
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
904
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
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)
29,228
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
11,133
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
6,417
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
14.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
390
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
681
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.0%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
818 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,117 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,398 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
552 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
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.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
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