NUTS-3 DEA59 · Germany
Olpe
Export region data (CSV)Olpe generates €7.4bn of GDP across 132.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.6
Livability53.7
Market access91
Economic scale47
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)
28.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability42
Diversification1
Demographic stability31
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)
75
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access48
Market access91
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning44
Knowledge workers19
Scientists & engineers29
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)
53.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy76
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety51.7
Connectivity86
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
49.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 54.6%Concentrated · HHI 3554
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 54.6%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 10.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.2%Public · health · education 14.6%
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)
€6,753M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€50M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,687M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,567M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€301M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€702M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,700
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 88
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,800
2023 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,556M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,134M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€86,336M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,025M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€988M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
80,350
2023 · EU pctl 36
Self-employed persons
5,730
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,470
2023 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,873
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise births
323
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
347
2023 · EU pctl 16
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 12
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
41
2012 · EU pctl 72
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
300 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 86
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
27.3%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
535,227
2024 · EU pctl 34
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
1,096
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
828
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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)
84,551
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged 65+
29,039
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
18,756
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 52
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Live births
1,045
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
1,581
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
188 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,106 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
256 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
180 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
874 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
401 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
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