NUTS-3 DEB24 · Germany
Vulkaneifel
Vulkaneifel generates €2.5bn of GDP across 59.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years, 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 → 65 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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 intensity100
Labour market81
Connectivity75
Industrial base75
Quality of life71
Economic base65
Governance56
Resilience55
Growth momentum45
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Cost advantage28
Demographic outlook25
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)
53.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.2
Livability71.3
Market access86
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability73
Labour stability75
Diversification49
Demographic stability23
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access57
Market access86
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)
71.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs90
Education63
Health45.5
Safety77.7
Connectivity83
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
45.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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 · 28.9%Diversified · HHI 2255
Agriculture 2%Industry 28.1%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 16.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.7%Public · health · education 28.9%
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
8.8% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,091M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Population
59,3132025
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Unemployment rate
2.4%2025
9.1% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
31,2002023
0.4% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Productivity / employee
€83,4682025
3.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€2,266M2023
10.4% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
All indicators · 79 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,266M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€637M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€539M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€161M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€365M
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
37,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
€401M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€655M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,091M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,468
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€642M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,200
2023 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
2,770
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,220
2023 · EU pctl 16
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.2%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,400
2025 · EU pctl 5
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,348
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
189
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
192
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 12
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)
1,385,526
2024 · EU pctl 60
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.
458
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,800 kt
2025 · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
772
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
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)
35,942
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
15,649
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
7,722
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
412
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
892
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 25
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
51,172
2100 · EU pctl 6
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
18.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
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)
625 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.8%
2021 · EU pctl 35
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