NUTS-3 DE71D · Germany
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis generates €5.5bn of GDP across 185.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (79th EU percentile) and weakest for health (58th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller51 → 38 EU percentile since 1995 (-13 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)
Connectivity80
Quality of life68
Resilience66
Talent & skills63
Labour market57
Governance56
Industrial base47
Demographic outlook37
Energy cost36
Growth momentum30
Economic base26
Freight intensity11
Cost advantage10
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)
55.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30
Livability67.7
Market access91
Economic scale34
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)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability77
Diversification54
Demographic stability35
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 density79
Airport access69
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy58
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety72
Connectivity79
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
30
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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. · 28.5%Diversified · HHI 2224
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 18.9%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.5%Public · health · education 23.7%
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)
€5,486M2023
3.4% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,884M2025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Population
185,6512025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
6.1% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
67,4402023
0.4% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€86,5802025
3.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Gross value added
€5,011M2023
4.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,011M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€946M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€823M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€359M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,053M
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
26,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 26
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,500
2023 · EU pctl 37
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)
€1,429M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,188M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,884M
2025 · EU pctl 36
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,580
2025 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,068M
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,440
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
8,130
2023 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,100
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
93,100
2025 · EU pctl 38
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,763
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
692
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
718
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
751,449
2024 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,149 kt
2025 · EU pctl 13
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,329
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
716
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
114,989
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
45,717
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged under 15
24,945
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
1,331
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
2,289
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
232 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,164
2100 · EU pctl 38
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
496 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
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)
385 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
3.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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