NUTS-3 DE249 · Germany
Hof, Landkreis
Hof, Landkreis generates €4.2bn of GDP across 92.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years, 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser47 → 75 EU percentile since 1995 (+29 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)
Labour market88
Freight intensity87
Industrial base86
Economic base74
Quality of life66
Connectivity57
Governance56
Resilience45
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Demographic outlook27
Growth momentum25
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)
42.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.4
Livability65.5
Market access54
Economic scale25
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability66
Labour stability59
Diversification38
Demographic stability18
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density89
Airport access27
Market access54
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)
65.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy77.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety53.3
Connectivity89
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
25.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Industry · 33.6%Diversified · HHI 2327
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 33.6%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 16.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€4,229M2023
4.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,605M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Population
92,1912025
0.5% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
22.2% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
48,9002023
2.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Productivity / employee
€91,1592025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Gross value added
€3,863M2023
6.4% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,863M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,297M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,116M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€215M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€837M
2023 · EU pctl 30
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)
40,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 74
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,600
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
€804M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€623M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,605M
2025 · EU pctl 26
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,159
2025 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,198M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
48,900
2023 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
4,490
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,540
2023 · EU pctl 46
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
48,900
2025 · EU pctl 14
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,269
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise births
202
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
245
2023 · EU pctl 9
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 5
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · 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)
273,995
2024 · EU pctl 16
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.
826
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,710 kt
2025 · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
896
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
55,723
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
24,845
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
11,623
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
51.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 91
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
16.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Live births
641
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
1,498
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.4%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
104 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
80,467
2100 · EU pctl 13
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
587 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
565 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 46
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 13
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