NUTS-3 DEB37 · Germany
Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €1.9bn of GDP across 39.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (78th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.4
Livability68.1
Market access77
Economic scale6
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)
60.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability80
Diversification37
Demographic stability31
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
Airport access47
Market access77
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
66.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1013 µg/m³
NO210.2 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
68.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy76
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety68
Connectivity78
Environment67.5
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
30.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 29.4%Diversified · HHI 2334
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 23.4%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 21.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.3%Public · health · education 29.4%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,710M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — industry (B–E)
€399M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€334M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — construction (F)
€76M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€363M
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
42,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 78
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,400
2023 · EU pctl 80
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)
€365M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€502M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,960
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
2,000
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,780
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)
1,653
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
115
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
127
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 30
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
152 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 65
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)
96,579
2024 · EU pctl 4
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.
283
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
712
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
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)
24,324
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged 65+
10,143
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,294
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 63
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
17.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Live births
333
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
696
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.5%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
650 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
91.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
374 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,781 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
405 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 29
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