NUTS-3 DEA24 · Germany
Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €9.2bn of GDP across 168.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +1.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (42.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.6
Livability59.9
Market access97
Economic scale56
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)
42.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability23
Labour stability58
Diversification11
Demographic stability79
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)
81.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access84
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary71
Lifelong learning58
Knowledge workers78
Scientists & engineers74
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.2 µg/m³
PM1012.2 µg/m³
NO222.6 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)
59.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy81.5
Jobs58
Education78
Health46.5
Safety42.7
Connectivity64
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
41.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 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 · 39.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2673
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 39.6%Construction 3.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.5%Public · health · education 19.7%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,414M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,329M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,643M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€267M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,426M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 88
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,000
2023 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€34,670M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€6,008M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€125,036M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,728M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,660M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,440
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
6,120
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,340
2023 · EU pctl 53
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,653
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
597
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise deaths
510
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 36
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
64
2012 · EU pctl 82
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
399 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 93
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.1%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
206,620
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
585 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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.
932
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
553
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
108,109
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged 65+
36,445
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
24,027
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.7%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
1,443
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,928
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
2,213 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 97
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.7%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,020 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
457 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,638 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
61 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 21
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 92
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 10
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