NUTS-3 DEA2A · Germany
Oberbergischer Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Oberbergischer Kreis generates €12bn of GDP across 274.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 66.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for health (46.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
66.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.4
Livability67.8
Market access94
Economic scale66
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)
47
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability58
Diversification19
Demographic stability53
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)
86.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
Airport access73
Market access94
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs58
Education78
Health46.5
Safety60
Connectivity93
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
38.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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 · 35.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2525
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 35.2%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.1%Public · health · education 20.2%
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)
€10,698M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,760M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,437M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€463M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,448M
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
38,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 67
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,800
2023 · EU pctl 71
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)
€2,790M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,158M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
145,050
2023 · EU pctl 61
Self-employed persons
11,670
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,590
2023 · EU pctl 80
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)
10,023
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
754
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
786
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 19
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
78
2012 · EU pctl 86
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
281 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 85
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)
457,173
2024 · EU pctl 30
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.
2,951
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,077
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
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)
170,712
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
62,452
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
40,893
2025 · EU pctl 57
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
2,330
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
3,460
2024 · EU pctl 58
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
301 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 74
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
855 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
363 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
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