NUTS-3 DEB31 · Germany
Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt
Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.2bn of GDP across 48.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.5/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader81 → 75 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)
Industrial base81
Labour market76
Economic base75
Connectivity60
Talent & skills58
Governance56
Resilience55
Demographic outlook53
Quality of life52
Growth momentum45
Freight intensity41
Energy cost36
Cost advantage26
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)
48.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.6
Livability51.5
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
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)
51.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy74.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety39.3
Connectivity44
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,201M2023
8.0% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,871M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Population
48,1402025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
29.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
25,7902023
1.1% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Productivity / employee
€89,4072025
3.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Gross value added
€2,011M2023
9.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
All indicators · 82 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,871M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,407
2025 · EU pctl 64
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€473M
2025 · EU pctl 8
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,300
2025 · EU pctl 3
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 83 · 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.
165
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,202 kt
2025 · EU pctl 6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
343
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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 49
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
44,543
2100 · EU pctl 4
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.0%
2021 · EU pctl 84
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