NUTS-3 DE24C · Germany
Lichtenfels
Export region data (CSV)Lichtenfels generates €2.8bn of GDP across 67.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.8/100 sits in the lower tier 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 (89th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth17.6
Livability67.7
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)
64.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability83
Labour stability60
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 density89
Airport access36
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)
67.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety72
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
17.6
/ 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
+0.9 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: 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).
All indicators · 64 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
12
2012 · EU pctl 43
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
176 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 69
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)
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.
594
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
882
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
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
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
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
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
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