NUTS-3 DEA2C · Germany
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis generates €21bn of GDP across 605.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (78th EU percentile) and weakest for health (46.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable54 → 47 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Connectivity83
Talent & skills70
Demographic outlook64
Resilience63
Quality of life63
Governance56
Labour market55
Growth momentum43
Industrial base40
Economic base39
Energy cost36
Freight intensity33
Cost advantage25
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.8
Livability63.1
Market access94
Economic scale81
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability59
Diversification47
Demographic stability54
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)
83.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access85
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)
63.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs58
Education78
Health46.5
Safety68
Connectivity71
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
42.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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. · 28.3%Diversified · HHI 2267
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 17.7%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.3%Public · health · education 26.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€20,515M2023
4.1% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€17,529M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Population
605,4412025
0.0% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
8.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
251,0102023
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Productivity / employee
€86,4382025
3.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Gross value added
€18,739M2023
5.6% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,739M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€176M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,312M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,822M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — construction (F)
€1,205M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,734M
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
30,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,000
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
€5,295M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,017M
2023 · EU pctl 86
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,529M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,438
2025 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,132M
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
251,010
2023 · EU pctl 81
Self-employed persons
24,440
2023 · EU pctl 64
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,950
2023 · EU pctl 74
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
310,100
2025 · EU pctl 85
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,940
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise births
1,940
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise deaths
2,051
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · 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)
1,052,080
2024 · EU pctl 54
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
585 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,026 kt
2025 · EU pctl 73
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,727
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
616
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
378,747
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged 65+
140,028
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
86,666
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.0%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
4,826
2024 · EU pctl 85
Deaths
6,826
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
529 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
635,460
2100 · EU pctl 87
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
209 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
901 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
192 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
35.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.9%
2021 · EU pctl 84
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