NUTS-3 DEB21 · Germany
Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt
Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.9bn of GDP across 104.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (90th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (24.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader93 → 86 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Demographic outlook100
Economic base90
Labour market81
Connectivity69
Quality of life60
Governance56
Air quality54
Resilience45
Industrial base36
Energy cost36
Growth momentum36
Freight intensity34
Talent & skills31
Cost advantage28
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)
52.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.8
Livability60.2
Market access76
Economic scale37
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability87
Labour stability75
Diversification15
Demographic stability4
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access70
Market access76
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary31
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers36
Scientists & engineers23
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)
53.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM1012.3 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
60.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy81
Jobs90
Education63
Health45.5
Safety24.7
Connectivity62
Environment55
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
35.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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 · 38%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2600
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 18.3%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 38%
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)
€5,906M2023
8.3% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,980M2025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Population
104,3422025
0.3% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
23.8% 1y 12.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
77,1802023
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Productivity / employee
€80,3412025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Gross value added
€5,395M2023
9.9% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,395M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — industry (B–E)
€988M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€761M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — construction (F)
€181M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,136M
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
50,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,000
2023 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,179M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€716M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,498M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,029M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,051M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,980M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,341
2025 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,529M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,180
2023 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
5,050
2023 · EU pctl 13
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,990
2023 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.2%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
57,900
2025 · EU pctl 19
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,935
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
300
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
320
2023 · EU pctl 15
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.2%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
852,807
2024 · EU pctl 48
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
667 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · 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.
550
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,266 kt
2025 · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
527
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
70,830
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
20,435
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged under 15
13,077
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
40.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
869
2024 · EU pctl 20
Deaths
1,193
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
914 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
182,388
2100 · EU pctl 42
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
986 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
246 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
427 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,520 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
36 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
133 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 22
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 7
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
28.1%
2021 · EU pctl 98
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