NUTS-3 DE718 · Germany
Hochtaunuskreis
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
72.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.4
Livability74
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)
79.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
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
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety61
Connectivity71
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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
75
2012 · EU pctl 86
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
328 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 89
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,538
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
636
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
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
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
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