NUTS-3 DE736 · Germany
Waldeck-Frankenberg
Export region data (CSV)Waldeck-Frankenberg generates €7.4bn of GDP across 155.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (97th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.8
Livability67.3
Market access77
Economic scale47
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability48
Diversification42
Demographic stability34
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)
80.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access68
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)
29.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary17
Lifelong learning25
Knowledge workers32
Scientists & engineers45
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)
93
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.1 µg/m³
PM109.7 µg/m³
NO23.7 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)
67.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs73
Education40.5
Health29.5
Safety66
Connectivity97
Environment93.3
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
33.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.8 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 · 30.8%Diversified · HHI 2298
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 30.8%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 24.8%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,741M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,076M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,865M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — construction (F)
€372M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,189M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,900
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 78
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
2023 · EU pctl 80
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,649M
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,829M
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€32,339M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,335M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,670M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,590
2023 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
7,490
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,640
2023 · EU pctl 57
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,474
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
437
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
464
2023 · EU pctl 25
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
27
2012 · EU pctl 63
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
171 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.8%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,047,581
2024 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
642 /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.
1,977
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,274
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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)
95,967
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
38,168
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged under 15
20,991
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
1,226
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
2,163
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,078 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
347 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 5
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).
57
2024 · EU pctl 69
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