NUTS-3 DE71E · Germany
Wetteraukreis
Wetteraukreis generates €11bn of GDP across 311.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (74.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (58th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable50 → 57 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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)
Connectivity72
Quality of life65
Resilience65
Talent & skills63
Labour market57
Governance56
Growth momentum48
Economic base47
Freight intensity43
Industrial base40
Demographic outlook38
Energy cost36
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)
65.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48
Livability65.3
Market access85
Economic scale65
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)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability76
Diversification57
Demographic stability57
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access62
Market access85
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)
65.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety58
Connectivity68
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
48
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 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. · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2211
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 19%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 25.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.9%Public · health · education 22.2%
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)
€11,307M2023
2.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,067M2025
0.2% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Population
311,5932025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
128,2002023
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Productivity / employee
€93,8762025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Gross value added
€10,328M2023
3.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,328M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,957M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,547M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,608M
2023 · EU pctl 72
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)
32,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,500
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
€2,678M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,289M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,067M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,876
2025 · EU pctl 73
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,201M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,200
2023 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
13,810
2023 · EU pctl 46
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,890
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
159,300
2025 · EU pctl 63
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,503
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
1,197
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
1,232
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
508,372
2024 · EU pctl 32
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.
1,813
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,080 kt
2025 · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
582
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
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)
197,001
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged 65+
70,282
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
44,310
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
2,435
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
3,774
2024 · EU pctl 61
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
283 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
285,690
2100 · EU pctl 62
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
261 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
761 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
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)
139 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 34
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