NUTS-3 DEC03 · Germany
Neunkirchen
Export region data (CSV)Neunkirchen generates €4.0bn of GDP across 133.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (85th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29.4
Livability47.1
Market access74
Economic scale23
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)
53.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability50
Diversification59
Demographic stability61
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density85
Airport access37
Market access74
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary12
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers27
Scientists & engineers27
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO217.2 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)
47.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39.5
Jobs52
Education37
Health22.5
Safety54.7
Connectivity85
Environment39
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
29.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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 · 26.1%Diversified · HHI 2199
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 23%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.5%Public · health · education 26.1%
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).
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,625M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — industry (B–E)
€835M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€693M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€287M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€698M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,000
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,700
2023 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,110M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,529M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,975M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€852M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€948M
2023 · EU pctl 30
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,460
2023 · EU pctl 19
Self-employed persons
4,400
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,100
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,031
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
320
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
401
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 44
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
14
2012 · EU pctl 45
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
69,548
2024 · EU pctl 2
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
646 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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.
1,084
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
814
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
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)
81,681
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged 65+
34,241
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
17,257
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
-3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
15.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
1,044
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
2,105
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
534 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 84
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.2%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,123 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
243 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
254 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,250 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
303 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
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).
37
2024 · EU pctl 1
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