NUTS-3 DEA5A · Germany
Siegen-Wittgenstein
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability61.5
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability42
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
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)
61.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety73.7
Connectivity82
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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
56
2012 · EU pctl 79
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
198 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 73
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)
443,072
2024 · EU pctl 29
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.
2,115
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
772
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
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
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
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
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
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