NUTS-3 DEB31 · Germany
Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.2bn of GDP across 48.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (75.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (15th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.6
Livability51
Market access89
Economic scale9
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability80
Diversification36
Demographic stability30
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access47
Market access89
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary52
Lifelong learning49
Knowledge workers61
Scientists & engineers68
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)
51
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy74.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety39.3
Connectivity41
Environment15
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
44.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2335
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 29.8%Construction 3.2%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.3%Public · health · education 22.5%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,011M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€31M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€600M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€532M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€63M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€456M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,700
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,800
2023 · EU pctl 77
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,699M
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,472M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,098M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€408M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€453M
2023 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,790
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
1,960
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,830
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.3%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.4%
2019 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,470
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
121
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
143
2023 · EU pctl 3
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 20
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
17
2012 · EU pctl 50
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
363 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 91
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
93,770
2024 · EU pctl 3
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
621 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · 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.
153
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
318
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
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)
29,649
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
11,441
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
7,050
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
421
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
656
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
1,119 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,453 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 85
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