NUTS-3 DEA2B · Germany
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis generates €9.2bn of GDP across 284.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for health (46.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.2
Livability65.7
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability58
Diversification39
Demographic stability49
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)
89.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access91
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
65.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy54.5
Jobs58
Education78
Health46.5
Safety76.3
Connectivity81
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
39.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.8 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 28.5%Diversified · HHI 2317
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 19.3%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.5%Public · health · education 27%
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)
€8,362M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,617M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,478M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€460M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,613M
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
28,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,300
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
€2,382M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,258M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,230
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
12,670
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,730
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
12,226
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise births
962
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
1,070
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 25
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
131
2012 · EU pctl 94
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
473 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 96
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)
252,502
2024 · EU pctl 15
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.
2,116
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
744
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
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)
175,472
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
68,994
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged under 15
39,807
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
2,256
2024 · EU pctl 58
Deaths
3,579
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
656 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
216 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
933 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
196 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
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