NUTS-3 DEB15 · Germany
Birkenfeld
Export region data (CSV)Birkenfeld generates €2.9bn of GDP across 82.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (98th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.4
Livability65.3
Market access80
Economic scale13
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)
64.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability65
Diversification30
Demographic stability69
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)
82
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density85
Airport access81
Market access80
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)
97.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM107.5 µg/m³
NO23.1 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)
65.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety69.7
Connectivity85
Environment98
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
45.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 33.8%Diversified · HHI 2381
Agriculture 1%Industry 22.5%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 12.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.8%Public · health · education 33.8%
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).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,641M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€594M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€444M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€327M
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
31,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€602M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€894M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,640
2023 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
3,470
2023 · EU pctl 5
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,360
2023 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,943
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise births
205
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
241
2023 · EU pctl 9
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 36
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
100 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 53
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
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)
342,434
2024 · EU pctl 22
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.
679
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
822
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
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)
50,394
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
21,195
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged under 15
11,022
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
15.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
681
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
1,246
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
2024 · EU pctl 84
Population density (persons per km²)
107 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
856 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
334 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
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.
3
2024 · EU pctl 3
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 91
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