NUTS-3 DE265 · Germany
Bad Kissingen
Export region data (CSV)Bad Kissingen generates €4.3bn of GDP across 103.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (54th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37.2
Livability64.8
Market access71
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability73
Diversification43
Demographic stability48
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access12
Market access71
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning29
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers54
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)
64.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy75.5
Jobs86
Education56
Health54
Safety55
Connectivity62
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
37.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.0 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 · 33.9%Diversified · HHI 2292
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 18.2%Construction 10.2%Trade · transport · ICT 11.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.7%Public · health · education 33.9%
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)
€3,888M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€707M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€507M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€397M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€460M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,800
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,200
2023 · EU pctl 67
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,277M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,933M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€34,752M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€920M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,319M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,480
2023 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
4,930
2023 · EU pctl 13
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,940
2023 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,659
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
217
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
275
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
24
2012 · EU pctl 60
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
233 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 79
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
912,483
2024 · EU pctl 50
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
665 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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.
554
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
535
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
106
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
61,972
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
27,522
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
13,995
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.4%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
830
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
1,400
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 37
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.5%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,004 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
208 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
97.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
503 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
362 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
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 26
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