NUTS-3 DEE08 · Germany
Burgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis generates €6.0bn of GDP across 173.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (78th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable36 → 41 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)
Freight intensity96
Connectivity66
Air quality59
Industrial base56
Governance56
Labour market51
Cost advantage49
Quality of life48
Economic base39
Resilience36
Energy cost36
Growth momentum34
Demographic outlook25
Talent & skills14
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)
43.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.2
Livability47.5
Market access56
Economic scale38
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability17
Diversification68
Demographic stability18
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)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
Airport access64
Market access56
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)
14
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary9
Lifelong learning18
Knowledge workers9
Scientists & engineers20
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO29.7 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)
47.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety53.3
Connectivity78
Environment60.3
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
34.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2145
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 27.5%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 24.4%
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)
€5,984M2023
8.3% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,792M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Population
173,6842025
0.9% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
72,1502023
1.8% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Productivity / employee
€87,3502025
3.3% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€5,466M2023
9.8% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,466M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€158M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,503M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,016M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — construction (F)
€401M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,180M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,800
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,200
2023 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€15,488M
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,294M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€40,875M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€893M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,332M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,792M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,350
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,203M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,150
2023 · EU pctl 30
Self-employed persons
6,000
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,600
2023 · EU pctl 34
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.7%
2019 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
80,500
2025 · EU pctl 32
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,166
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise births
308
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
402
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 5
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.4%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
509,455
2024 · EU pctl 32
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
573 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 38 · 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.
1,223
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,282 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
704
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
100,280
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
52,223
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
21,181
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
52.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 96
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
1,040
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
2,893
2024 · EU pctl 48
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
124 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,352
2100 · EU pctl 38
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,223 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
276 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
381 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,229 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · 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)
202 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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 37
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
44.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.0%
2021 · EU pctl 60
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