NUTS-3 DE24C · Germany
Lichtenfels
Lichtenfels generates €2.8bn of GDP across 67.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable76 → 66 EU percentile since 1995 (-10 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 intensity83
Quality of life68
Resilience64
Economic base63
Connectivity62
Industrial base61
Governance56
Demographic outlook37
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Growth momentum24
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)
41.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24.4
Livability67.5
Market access62
Economic scale12
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability83
Labour stability59
Diversification59
Demographic stability55
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)
62.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access37
Market access62
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 · 6/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety72
Connectivity88
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
24.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2198
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 22.3%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.9%Public · health · education 24.5%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,777M2023
3.4% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,368M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Population
67,3792025
0.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
17.9% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
36,6102023
0.9% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Productivity / employee
€79,9342025
3.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Gross value added
€2,537M2023
4.9% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,537M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€29M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€566M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€500M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€165M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€501M
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
36,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,100
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
€656M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€620M
2023 · EU pctl 14
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,368M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,934
2025 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€787M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,610
2023 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
2,920
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,980
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
36,700
2025 · EU pctl 8
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,395
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
156
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
205
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
417,485
2024 · EU pctl 27
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.
591
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,196 kt
2025 · EU pctl 21
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
877
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
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)
41,863
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
16,552
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
8,964
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
-5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
528
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
967
2024 · EU pctl 9
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
131 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
63,885
2100 · EU pctl 9
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
11.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
824 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
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)
367 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.8%
2021 · EU pctl 48
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