NUTS-3 DEB22 · Germany
Bernkastel-Wittlich
Bernkastel-Wittlich generates €4.5bn of GDP across 113.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.7%/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 health (45.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable59 → 61 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)
Freight intensity93
Industrial base84
Labour market81
Connectivity78
Quality of life68
Resilience65
Economic base60
Growth momentum57
Governance56
Demographic outlook40
Energy cost36
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)
57.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.4
Livability68.3
Market access79
Economic scale27
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability75
Diversification45
Demographic stability52
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)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density70
Airport access84
Market access79
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
68.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs90
Education63
Health45.5
Safety75.3
Connectivity70
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
57.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 33.4%Diversified · HHI 2282
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 33.4%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.7%Public · health · education 20.7%
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)
€4,528M2023
8.4% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,818M2025
0.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Population
113,1872025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
23.8% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
58,1002023
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Productivity / employee
€81,8332025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Gross value added
€4,136M2023
10.0% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
All indicators · 79 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,136M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€78M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,382M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,151M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€296M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€707M
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
35,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
€817M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€856M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,818M
2025 · EU pctl 27
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,833
2025 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,172M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
58,100
2023 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
5,670
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,120
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
57,200
2025 · EU pctl 19
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,307
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
346
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise deaths
316
2023 · EU pctl 14
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 13
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)
1,650,589
2024 · EU pctl 64
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.
685
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,619 kt
2025 · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
605
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
70,014
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
27,798
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
15,375
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
893
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,449
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
107,261
2100 · EU pctl 20
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
137 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
670 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
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)
147 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.6%
2021 · EU pctl 86
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