NUTS-3 DE724 · Germany
Marburg-Biedenkopf
Marburg-Biedenkopf generates €12bn of GDP across 242.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 66.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 6.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for health (31.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader75 → 80 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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 base94
Economic base81
Demographic outlook74
Connectivity63
Labour market62
Energy cost62
Quality of life61
Growth momentum57
Governance56
Air quality47
Talent & skills43
Freight intensity40
Cost advantage37
Resilience37
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)
66.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57
Livability60.6
Market access80
Economic scale67
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)
36.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability64
Diversification10
Demographic stability26
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access27
Market access80
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)
43
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary41
Lifelong learning54
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers31
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)
47
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.2 µg/m³
PM1013.3 µg/m³
NO218.1 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)
60.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs79.5
Education59.5
Health31.5
Safety52.7
Connectivity81
Environment48.3
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
57
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.5 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 · 38.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2699
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 38.2%Construction 3.5%Trade · transport · ICT 11%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.2%Public · health · education 25.7%
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)
€11,922M2023
12.2% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,366M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Population
242,8052025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
27.0% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
132,4402023
0.8% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Productivity / employee
€95,3072025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Gross value added
€10,889M2023
13.8% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,889M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,156M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,823M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€381M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,199M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,600
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,100
2023 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,597M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,976M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€25,139M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,308M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,796M
2023 · EU pctl 72
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,366M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,307
2025 · EU pctl 75
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,844M
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,440
2023 · EU pctl 56
Self-employed persons
9,800
2023 · EU pctl 34
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,430
2023 · EU pctl 71
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
136,400
2025 · EU pctl 54
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,561
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
641
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise deaths
659
2023 · EU pctl 37
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · 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)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
532,467
2025 · EU pctl 33
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
641 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · 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.
1,840
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,943 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
758
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
158,742
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged 65+
51,600
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
32,463
2025 · EU pctl 48
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
1,916
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
2,771
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.0%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
193 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 64
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
238,435
2100 · EU pctl 54
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,062 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
981 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
185 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 33
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 80
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 7
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
25.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 46
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.4%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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