NUTS-3 DE24D · Germany
Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Export region data (CSV)Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge generates €3.3bn of GDP across 70.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
42.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.4
Livability68.2
Market access53
Economic scale17
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability60
Labour stability60
Diversification20
Demographic stability17
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 density96
Airport access38
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)
68.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy78.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety69.7
Connectivity96
Environment60
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
33.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Industry · 34.3%Diversified · HHI 2498
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 34.3%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 12.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.6%Public · health · education 22%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,010M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€41M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,034M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€917M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€117M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€388M
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
41,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 76
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,400
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
€770M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€661M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Labour market
Employment, total persons
39,920
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
3,560
2023 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,150
2023 · EU pctl 36
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,533
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise births
154
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
189
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
14
2012 · EU pctl 46
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
186 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 72
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)
384,444
2024 · EU pctl 25
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.
888
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,259
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
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)
42,257
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
19,342
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
8,950
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
16.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
481
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
1,162
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
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
12.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
321 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
944 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
569 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 19
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