NUTS-3 DE718 · Germany
Hochtaunuskreis
Opportunity72Momentum46Resilience48Quality of life74vs nearest peer: Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun →
Hochtaunuskreis generates €17bn of GDP across 241.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (58th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader93 → 94 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Air quality96
Economic base95
Connectivity80
Quality of life74
Talent & skills63
Labour market57
Governance56
Resilience48
Growth momentum46
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook26
Industrial base15
Cost advantage10
Freight intensity6
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)
72.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.4
Livability74.2
Market access91
Economic scale78
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability76
Diversification1
Demographic stability69
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)
80
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density72
Airport access77
Market access91
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers68
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
96.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.9 µg/m³
PM107.7 µg/m³
NO23.8 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
74.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety61
Connectivity72
Environment96.7
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
46.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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. · 56%Concentrated · HHI 3757
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 9.5%Construction 2.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 56%Public · health · education 13.5%
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)
€17,430M2023
4.5% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,518M2025
0.2% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Population
241,6642025
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
130,7002023
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Productivity / employee
€141,9322025
3.3% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€15,921M2023
6.0% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,921M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,519M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,377M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€388M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,927M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,100
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
64,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,800
2023 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€49,287M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,586M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€137,102M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,919M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,153M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,518M
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€141,932
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,393M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,700
2023 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
11,990
2023 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,480
2023 · EU pctl 37
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
121,100
2025 · EU pctl 49
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,003
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise births
1,087
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
1,172
2023 · EU pctl 54
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
828,010
2024 · EU pctl 47
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,041 kt
2025 · EU pctl 12
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,525
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
631
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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)
149,818
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
56,671
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged under 15
35,175
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 64
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
1,674
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
2,763
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.3%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
500 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
212,708
2100 · EU pctl 49
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
974 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
229 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
736 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
377 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 2
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
72
2024 · EU pctl 96
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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