NUTS-3 DE725 · Germany
Vogelsbergkreis
Export region data (CSV)Vogelsbergkreis generates €3.6bn of GDP across 101.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (31.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability61.6
Market access77
Economic scale20
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)
57
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability64
Diversification64
Demographic stability11
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)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access25
Market access77
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs79.5
Education59.5
Health31.5
Safety49.7
Connectivity96
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
50.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
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 · 26%Diversified · HHI 2168
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 26%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.1%Public · health · education 25%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,288M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€78M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€854M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€589M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€220M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€553M
2023 · EU pctl 18
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)
31,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,500
2023 · EU pctl 52
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)
€760M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€823M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,690
2023 · EU pctl 15
Self-employed persons
4,680
2023 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,250
2023 · EU pctl 26
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,613
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise births
281
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise deaths
294
2023 · EU pctl 13
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 43
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
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)
408,007
2024 · EU pctl 27
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.
1,273
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,258
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
60,826
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
27,113
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged under 15
13,224
2025 · EU pctl 14
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
773
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,411
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 27
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
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
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
623 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
541 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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