NUTS-3 DEB25 · Germany
Trier-Saarburg
Export region data (CSV)Trier-Saarburg generates €3.7bn of GDP across 149k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/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 economy (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.8
Livability60.8
Market access76
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 stability51
Labour stability75
Diversification78
Demographic stability41
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access66
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
60.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs90
Education63
Health45.5
Safety50
Connectivity74
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
50.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 26%Diversified · HHI 2088
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 22.1%Construction 8.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 26%Public · health · education 21.3%
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 · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,383M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€73M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€746M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€545M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€292M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€673M
2023 · EU pctl 23
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)
22,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,800
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
€878M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€719M
2023 · EU pctl 18
Labour market
Employment, total persons
50,770
2023 · EU pctl 17
Self-employed persons
5,610
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,240
2023 · EU pctl 30
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.2%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,342
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
332
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise deaths
366
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
20
2012 · EU pctl 54
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
139 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 62
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · 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)
1,281,779
2024 · EU pctl 58
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.
994
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
667
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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)
94,042
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
33,690
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged under 15
21,221
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
1,056
2024 · EU pctl 27
Deaths
1,707
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
148 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
598 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
36 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
501 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
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