NUTS-3 DEB39 · Germany
Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt
Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.8bn of GDP across 86.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/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 (28.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader81 → 74 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Freight intensity85
Industrial base84
Labour market76
Economic base71
Connectivity67
Resilience62
Quality of life58
Talent & skills58
Governance56
Demographic outlook49
Growth momentum40
Energy cost36
Air quality28
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)
52.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.2
Livability58.3
Market access89
Economic scale22
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability47
Labour stability81
Diversification34
Demographic stability85
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 density51
Airport access62
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.9 µg/m³
PM1015.4 µg/m³
NO217.3 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)
58.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety69
Connectivity51
Environment28.3
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
40.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2353
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 32.3%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 20.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.4%Public · health · education 22.1%
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)
€3,795M2023
0.2% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,225M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Population
86,7532025
0.4% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
29.0% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
45,3402023
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Productivity / employee
€87,6632025
3.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€3,467M2023
1.7% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,467M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,121M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€956M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€139M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€715M
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
39,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,200
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
€673M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€765M
2023 · EU pctl 20
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,225M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,663
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€816M
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,340
2023 · EU pctl 14
Self-employed persons
3,480
2023 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,840
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
47,700
2025 · EU pctl 14
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,926
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
263
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise deaths
264
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
153,256
2024 · EU pctl 8
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.
357
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,311 kt
2025 · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
412
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
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)
55,821
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
18,139
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
12,793
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
746
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
968
2024 · EU pctl 9
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
825 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
86,064
2100 · EU pctl 14
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
48.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
304 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,583 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
127 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 58
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 77
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 8
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
12.0%
2021 · EU pctl 91
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