NUTS-3 DEB14 · Germany
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach generates €6.0bn of GDP across 164.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable63 → 54 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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)
Labour market80
Connectivity78
Resilience73
Industrial base63
Governance56
Quality of life54
Growth momentum51
Freight intensity49
Economic base47
Air quality39
Energy cost36
Cost advantage28
Talent & skills21
Demographic outlook16
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)
56.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.8
Livability54.1
Market access84
Economic scale38
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability65
Diversification60
Demographic stability86
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access73
Market access84
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)
21
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary15
Lifelong learning21
Knowledge workers21
Scientists & engineers27
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM10—
NO215.3 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)
54.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety55
Connectivity77
Environment40
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
50.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.6 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: Public · health · education · 25.5%Diversified · HHI 2190
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 24.4%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.1%Public · health · education 25.5%
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)
€5,972M2023
3.2% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,089M2025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
164,7482025
0.1% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
9.4% 1y 12.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
76,1302023
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Productivity / employee
€82,5242025
3.3% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Gross value added
€5,455M2023
4.7% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,455M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,331M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,099M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€327M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,115M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,600
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,400
2023 · EU pctl 54
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,756M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,010M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€33,032M
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,207M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,390M
2023 · EU pctl 46
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,089M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,524
2025 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,304M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,130
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
7,010
2023 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,590
2023 · EU pctl 38
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
86,100
2025 · EU pctl 35
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,629
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
419
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise deaths
486
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 23
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
575,841
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
660 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 81 · 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.
1,135
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,608 kt
2025 · EU pctl 34
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
689
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,169
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
40,675
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
22,904
2025 · EU pctl 33
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 68
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
1,222
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
2,153
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
191 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
145,878
2100 · EU pctl 33
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,059 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
242 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
823 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · 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)
362 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 69
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 10
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.8%
2021 · EU pctl 80
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