NUTS-3 DE266 · Germany
Rhön-Grabfeld
Rhön-Grabfeld generates €4.1bn of GDP across 79.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (54th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser66 → 83 EU percentile since 1995 (+18 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)
Industrial base90
Economic base84
Labour market84
Quality of life69
Resilience61
Freight intensity58
Governance56
Connectivity49
Demographic outlook47
Talent & skills46
Growth momentum42
Energy cost36
Cost advantage13
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)
50.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability69.1
Market access67
Economic scale24
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability72
Diversification37
Demographic stability41
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density58
Airport access22
Market access67
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)
69.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy85.5
Jobs86
Education56
Health54
Safety75.3
Connectivity58
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
42.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 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
+0.4 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 · 34.4%Diversified · HHI 2329
Agriculture 2%Industry 34.4%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.4%Public · health · education 19.8%
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)
€4,067M2023
8.0% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,498M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Population
79,3752025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
23.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
43,8202023
0.0% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Productivity / employee
€98,0472025
3.2% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Gross value added
€3,715M2023
9.5% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,715M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€74M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,279M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,160M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€717M
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
45,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 84
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
2023 · EU pctl 85
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)
€684M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€734M
2023 · EU pctl 18
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,498M
2025 · EU pctl 25
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,047
2025 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€761M
2025 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,820
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
3,750
2023 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,370
2023 · EU pctl 37
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
44,200
2025 · EU pctl 11
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,736
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
193
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
226
2023 · EU pctl 7
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · 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)
602,155
2024 · EU pctl 37
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.
374
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,498 kt
2025 · EU pctl 16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
471
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
48,720
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
19,545
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
11,110
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
637
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
963
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.9%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,096
2100 · EU pctl 11
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · 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)
329 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 34
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