NUTS-3 DEB1A · Germany
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Rhein-Lahn-Kreis generates €4.1bn of GDP across 125.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability60.4
Market access90
Economic scale24
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)
67.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability100
Labour stability65
Diversification31
Demographic stability75
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access53
Market access90
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
60.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety74
Connectivity88
Environment—
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 33.7%Diversified · HHI 2374
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 22%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 15.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 33.7%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,721M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€819M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€687M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — construction (F)
€223M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€565M
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
29,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
€819M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,255M
2023 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
51,250
2023 · EU pctl 17
Self-employed persons
4,970
2023 · EU pctl 13
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,550
2023 · EU pctl 24
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,266
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
336
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise deaths
368
2023 · EU pctl 18
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
2012 · EU pctl 47
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
120 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 58
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)
602,454
2024 · EU pctl 37
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.
1,102
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
878
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
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)
77,254
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
30,961
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
17,373
2025 · EU pctl 23
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Live births
922
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,653
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
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
14.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
148 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
656 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
221 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
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