NUTS-3 DEF02 · Germany
Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €15bn of GDP across 252.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (85.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (42th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.8
Livability54.7
Market access51
Economic scale73
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)
57.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability54
Diversification10
Demographic stability72
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)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access26
Market access51
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers39
Scientists & engineers50
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)
51.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.8 µg/m³
PM1013.5 µg/m³
NO221 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)
54.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85.5
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety51.3
Connectivity42
Environment52.3
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
39.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 37.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2700
Industry 15%Construction 2.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%Public · health · education 37.9%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,379M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,007M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,632M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€359M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,323M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,800
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 91
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€58,400
2023 · EU pctl 91
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,063M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,460M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€61,661M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,621M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,065M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,810
2023 · EU pctl 69
Self-employed persons
10,480
2023 · EU pctl 36
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,360
2023 · EU pctl 48
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.0%
2019 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,637
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
738
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise deaths
691
2023 · EU pctl 38
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
36
2012 · EU pctl 69
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
150 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 65
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,108,564
2024 · EU pctl 55
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · 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.
815
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
323
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
172,470
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
49,169
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
31,029
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
40.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
2,080
2024 · EU pctl 55
Deaths
2,772
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.5%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
2024 · EU pctl 7
Population density (persons per km²)
2,156 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
112 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,620 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,782 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
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 36
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 89
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 72
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