NUTS-3 DEB1D · Germany
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis generates €4.7bn of GDP across 106.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability64.1
Market access85
Economic scale28
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability65
Diversification68
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)
87.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access85
Market access85
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)
64.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy71.5
Jobs86.5
Education23.5
Health37.5
Safety73.3
Connectivity92
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
56.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 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 · 27.4%Diversified · HHI 2146
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 27.4%Construction 8.9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.9%Public · health · education 24.2%
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 · 62 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,277M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,171M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€875M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — construction (F)
€382M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€735M
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
39,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,100
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
€893M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,033M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,540
2023 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
4,750
2023 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,090
2023 · EU pctl 32
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,934
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
295
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise deaths
329
2023 · EU pctl 15
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
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)
770,445
2024 · EU pctl 45
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.
1,099
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,030
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
65,918
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
25,920
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
14,867
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 68
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
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
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
793
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
1,363
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.9%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
111 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 44
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
23.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
110 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
691 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
471 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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