NUTS-3 DEB23 · Germany
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm generates €3.7bn of GDP across 99.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (98.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable52 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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 quality99
Industrial base83
Labour market81
Connectivity76
Freight intensity76
Quality of life72
Resilience61
Growth momentum57
Demographic outlook57
Governance56
Economic base49
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)
58.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.4
Livability71.8
Market access82
Economic scale21
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability75
Diversification45
Demographic stability53
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)
76.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access53
Market access82
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)
98.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM107.5 µg/m³
NO22.6 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)
71.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy60.5
Jobs90
Education63
Health45.5
Safety51
Connectivity94
Environment98.5
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
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2283
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 34.8%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 14.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%Public · health · education 18.6%
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)
€3,699M2023
8.2% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,119M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Population
99,7882025
0.9% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Unemployment rate
2.5%2025
13.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
41,4802023
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Productivity / employee
€93,6272025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Gross value added
€3,379M2023
9.8% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,379M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€123M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,175M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€925M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€477M
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
32,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,900
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
€726M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€628M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,119M
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,627
2025 · EU pctl 73
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€957M
2025 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,480
2023 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
4,540
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,860
2023 · EU pctl 28
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.2%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
51,600
2025 · EU pctl 16
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,572
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise births
263
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise deaths
276
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
854,580
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.
1,102
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,146 kt
2025 · EU pctl 30
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,104
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
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)
63,215
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged 65+
22,042
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged under 15
14,531
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Live births
844
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
1,190
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
62 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
105,195
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
155 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
766 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
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)
516 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 1
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
14.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.8%
2021 · EU pctl 48
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