NUTS-3 DEA5A · Germany
Siegen-Wittgenstein
Siegen-Wittgenstein generates €13bn of GDP across 274.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +1.7%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 75 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Air quality96
Demographic outlook96
Industrial base85
Economic base75
Freight intensity71
Connectivity68
Quality of life62
Governance56
Resilience46
Labour market42
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills28
Growth momentum27
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)
61.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability61.6
Market access88
Economic scale69
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability43
Diversification43
Demographic stability32
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access33
Market access88
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
96.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.1 µg/m³
PM107.3 µg/m³
NO23.8 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)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety73.7
Connectivity83
Environment96.7
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
27.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.5 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 · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2294
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 30.7%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.3%Public · health · education 22.9%
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)
€12,639M2023
3.5% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,642M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Population
274,0742025
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Unemployment rate
4.6%2025
27.8% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
156,8302023
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€85,1332025
3.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Gross value added
€11,545M2023
5.0% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,545M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,549M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,266M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€751M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,222M
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
41,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,000
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
€2,346M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,640M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,642M
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,133
2025 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,475M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,830
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
10,580
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,690
2023 · EU pctl 81
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
133,400
2025 · EU pctl 52
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,903
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
651
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise deaths
711
2023 · EU pctl 39
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 11
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 48 · 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)
443,072
2024 · EU pctl 29
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,595 kt
2025 · EU pctl 66
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,136
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
779
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
172,710
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
62,441
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
38,923
2025 · EU pctl 54
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
2,335
2024 · EU pctl 60
Deaths
3,488
2024 · EU pctl 58
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
243 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 69
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
331,050
2100 · EU pctl 68
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,238 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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)
438 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 1
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
67
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 30
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