NUTS-3 DEB1B · Germany
Westerwaldkreis
Westerwaldkreis generates €9.0bn of GDP across 207.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 66.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (93th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable62 → 70 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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)
Air quality93
Labour market80
Freight intensity74
Industrial base72
Resilience70
Economic base70
Quality of life60
Growth momentum60
Connectivity60
Governance56
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook35
Cost advantage28
Talent & skills21
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)
66.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.8
Livability60.3
Market access90
Economic scale55
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability65
Diversification61
Demographic stability78
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)
59.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access41
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
92.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.55.7 µg/m³
PM10—
NO24.4 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)
60.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety62.7
Connectivity48
Environment93
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
59.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2185
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 26.4%Construction 9%Trade · transport · ICT 26.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 17.9%
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)
€9,021M2023
7.1% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,686M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Population
207,8032025
0.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
6.5% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
102,2502023
0.9% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Productivity / employee
€92,8012025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€8,240M2023
8.7% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,240M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,179M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,883M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — construction (F)
€738M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,171M
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
38,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,500
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
€1,630M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,473M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,686M
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,801
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,970M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
102,250
2023 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
9,250
2023 · EU pctl 33
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,960
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
111,300
2025 · EU pctl 46
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,085
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
659
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise deaths
629
2023 · EU pctl 35
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
629,775
2024 · EU pctl 39
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.
801
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,434 kt
2025 · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
386
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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)
130,733
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged 65+
47,353
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
29,717
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
1,604
2024 · EU pctl 44
Deaths
2,538
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
211 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
206,552
2100 · EU pctl 48
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
142 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
591 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
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)
448 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
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.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 87
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
26.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 5
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