NUTS-3 DEB1C · Germany
Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell generates €2.5bn of GDP across 61.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable55 → 64 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Connectivity87
Labour market80
Freight intensity68
Resilience64
Economic base61
Quality of life59
Governance56
Growth momentum54
Energy cost36
Cost advantage28
Demographic outlook22
Talent & skills21
Industrial base14
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)
51.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability59
Market access83
Economic scale11
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)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability65
Diversification56
Demographic stability49
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)
87
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
Airport access85
Market access83
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
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy66.5
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety47
Connectivity93
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 32.4%Diversified · HHI 2215
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 15.1%Construction 9.9%Trade · transport · ICT 22%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.7%Public · health · education 32.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,480M2023
3.5% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,114M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Population
61,6082025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
12.5% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
31,5902023
0.0% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Productivity / employee
€82,5952025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€2,266M2023
5.0% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,266M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€343M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€190M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€224M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€498M
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
35,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
€424M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€734M
2023 · EU pctl 18
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,114M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,595
2025 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€542M
2025 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,590
2023 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
3,130
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,050
2023 · EU pctl 6
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,100
2025 · EU pctl 6
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,512
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise births
170
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
195
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
1,758,034
2024 · EU pctl 66
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.
649
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,290 kt
2025 · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,053
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
37,730
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
15,980
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
7,898
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.4%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Live births
462
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
877
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
87 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,538
2100 · EU pctl 5
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
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)
377 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
18.0%
2021 · EU pctl 96
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