NUTS-3 DEB18 · Germany
Neuwied
Export region data (CSV)Neuwied generates €7.6bn of GDP across 189.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years, 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability57.5
Market access92
Economic scale49
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)
59.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability65
Labour stability65
Diversification27
Demographic stability82
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 access65
Market access92
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 · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO216.3 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)
57.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy67
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety70.7
Connectivity77
Environment40.3
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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: Industry · 35%Diversified · HHI 2407
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 35%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.5%Public · health · education 21.4%
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)
€6,973M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€41M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,438M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,221M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — construction (F)
€430M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,143M
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)
36,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
€1,427M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,493M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
90,490
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
8,160
2023 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,890
2023 · EU pctl 57
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,114
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise births
613
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise deaths
649
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
33
2012 · EU pctl 67
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
184 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 71
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)
332,387
2024 · EU pctl 21
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.
1,320
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
698
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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)
116,647
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
44,685
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
27,729
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
1,567
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
2,448
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
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
24.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
804 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
336 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 73
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 6
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