NUTS-3 DEF0B · Germany
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Export region data (CSV)Rendsburg-Eckernförde generates €10bn of GDP across 278.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (76th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45
Livability60.3
Market access51
Economic scale61
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 stability59
Labour stability54
Diversification70
Demographic stability62
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density76
Airport access27
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
60.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety68
Connectivity76
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
45
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 27.9%Diversified · HHI 2138
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 15.9%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 23.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.9%Public · health · education 27.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,532M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€242M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,515M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€883M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — construction (F)
€786M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,236M
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
33,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
€2,091M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,660M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Labour market
Employment, total persons
126,320
2023 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
13,180
2023 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,240
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
9,812
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
797
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
796
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
44
2012 · EU pctl 72
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
162 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 67
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)
1,856,957
2024 · EU pctl 68
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.
1,924
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
692
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
170,785
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
68,994
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged under 15
38,279
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
1,922
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
3,587
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
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 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
808 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
13 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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