NUTS-3 DEB36 · Germany
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.0bn of GDP across 52.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/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 safety (39th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.2
Livability58.7
Market access84
Economic scale7
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)
58.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability80
Diversification18
Demographic stability37
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access40
Market access84
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)
58.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety39
Connectivity61
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
33.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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: Public · health · education · 34.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2543
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 7.6%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.3%Public · health · education 34.7%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,854M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€141M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€112M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
34,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,500
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
€525M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€644M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
27,800
2023 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
2,890
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,500
2023 · EU pctl 2
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)
2,300
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
190
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
217
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
28
2012 · EU pctl 63
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
527 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 97
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)
187,010
2024 · EU pctl 11
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.
278
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
525
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
31,882
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
13,697
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
7,366
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
418
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
768
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
452 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
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
3.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,319 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
244 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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