NUTS-3 DEB1A · Germany
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis generates €4.1bn of GDP across 125.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56/100 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 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 stable45 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Connectivity76
Resilience68
Quality of life60
Governance56
Industrial base55
Growth momentum50
Freight intensity46
Energy cost36
Economic base34
Cost advantage28
Talent & skills21
Demographic outlook10
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
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50
Livability59.8
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)
75.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
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)
59.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety74
Connectivity84
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
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€4,074M2023
3.2% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,472M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Population
125,5882025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
9.4% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
51,2502023
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Productivity / employee
€83,6232025
3.3% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Gross value added
€3,721M2023
4.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
All indicators · 80 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,472M
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,623
2025 · EU pctl 49
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€890M
2025 · EU pctl 22
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
65,800
2025 · EU pctl 23
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
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)
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.
993
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,369 kt
2025 · EU pctl 23
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
791
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
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 59
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
96,833
2100 · EU pctl 18
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
13.2%
2021 · EU pctl 92
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