NUTS-3 DEB3I · Germany
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis generates €3.7bn of GDP across 155.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (75.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (40th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard28 → 26 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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)
Labour market76
Resilience72
Talent & skills58
Quality of life56
Governance56
Connectivity55
Growth momentum37
Freight intensity36
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook30
Cost advantage26
Economic base11
Industrial base10
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)
50.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.6
Livability56.2
Market access89
Economic scale21
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)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability80
Diversification75
Demographic stability54
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)
54.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access35
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety67.3
Connectivity40
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
36.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2108
Agriculture 6.7%Industry 11.8%Construction 9.4%Trade · transport · ICT 23%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.7%Public · health · education 17.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€3,673M2023
6.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,121M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Population
155,8822025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
25.0% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
44,2302023
0.0% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Productivity / employee
€86,9712025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€3,355M2023
7.8% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,355M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€223M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — industry (B–E)
€397M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€218M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€317M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€772M
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
21,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,700
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
€1,062M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€584M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,121M
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,971
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€789M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour market
Employment, total persons
44,230
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
5,440
2023 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,780
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
81,000
2025 · EU pctl 32
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,891
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise births
435
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
491
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
116,255
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.
464
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,582 kt
2025 · EU pctl 24
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
298
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
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)
94,728
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
37,828
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
23,326
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 66
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.9%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,264
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
1,889
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
530 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
134,484
2100 · EU pctl 30
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
182 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
646 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
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)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
12.9%
2021 · EU pctl 92
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