NUTS-3 DEB3F · Germany
Kaiserslautern, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Kaiserslautern, Landkreis generates €2.9bn of GDP across 106.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (77th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.4
Livability60.8
Market access79
Economic scale13
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability65
Labour stability80
Diversification50
Demographic stability49
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access45
Market access79
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)
60.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy47
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety53.3
Connectivity77
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
51.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.2%Diversified · HHI 2252
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 15.1%Construction 8.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.2%Public · health · education 27.6%
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)
€2,643M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€35M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€399M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€256M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€225M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€482M
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
24,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,300
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
€773M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€730M
2023 · EU pctl 18
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,130
2023 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
4,250
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,080
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
3,518
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise births
313
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
319
2023 · EU pctl 15
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
2012 · EU pctl 48
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
147 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 64
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)
251,268
2024 · EU pctl 15
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.
749
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
704
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
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)
64,589
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
25,387
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
16,367
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,171
2024 · EU pctl 31
Deaths
1,341
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
2.06
2024 · EU pctl 100
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
655 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
256 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
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