NUTS-3 DEA18 · Germany
Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €4.9bn of GDP across 113.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (74th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37.4
Livability53.9
Market access97
Economic scale29
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability47
Labour stability57
Diversification18
Demographic stability71
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access71
Market access97
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary35
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers45
Scientists & engineers53
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)
53.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs38.5
Education44.5
Health29
Safety74
Connectivity69
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
37.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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 · 36.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2534
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 36.2%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 16.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.6%Public · health · education 21.8%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,475M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,620M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,512M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€180M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€728M
2023 · EU pctl 26
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,100
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,000
2023 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€40,936M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€5,526M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€145,544M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€965M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€978M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,550
2023 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
4,600
2023 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,170
2023 · EU pctl 52
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,896
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise births
293
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise deaths
296
2023 · EU pctl 13
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
18
2012 · EU pctl 52
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
165 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 67
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.3%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
68,876
2024 · EU pctl 2
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
567 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 35 · 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.
691
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
607
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
72,387
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
25,377
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
16,064
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
943
2024 · EU pctl 23
Deaths
1,416
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
1,540 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,075 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
254 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
267 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,247 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
345 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
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