NUTS-3 DEB3G · Germany
Kusel
Kusel generates €1.6bn of GDP across 69.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (95.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (41.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard29 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Air quality95
Labour market76
Connectivity75
Quality of life71
Resilience61
Talent & skills58
Governance56
Freight intensity48
Growth momentum38
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook33
Industrial base33
Cost advantage26
Economic base9
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)
47.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37.8
Livability70.6
Market access79
Economic scale4
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability81
Diversification40
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)
75
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density89
Airport access57
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
95
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM108.9 µg/m³
NO24.4 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)
70.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety80.7
Connectivity89
Environment95.5
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
37.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2310
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 19.7%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 14%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.9%Public · health · education 28.2%
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)
€1,588M2023
9.1% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,350M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Population
69,3342025
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
18.2% 1y 10.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
19,6302023
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Productivity / employee
€84,7612025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Gross value added
€1,451M2023
10.7% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,451M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€286M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€194M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€203M
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
20,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,700
2023 · EU pctl 24
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)
€433M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€409M
2023 · EU pctl 8
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,350M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,761
2025 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€341M
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour market
Employment, total persons
19,630
2023 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
2,290
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,730
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
35,700
2025 · EU pctl 7
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,853
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
164
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
183
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
114,616
2024 · EU pctl 5
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.
628
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,932 kt
2025 · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
906
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
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)
41,803
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
18,224
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
9,307
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
586
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
1,036
2024 · EU pctl 10
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
121 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 48
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,825
2100 · EU pctl 8
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
8.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
215 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
779 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
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)
264 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 81
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
4.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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