NUTS-3 DE501 · Germany
Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €35bn of GDP across 586.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (72th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader92 → 90 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)
Economic base92
Demographic outlook77
Freight intensity77
Industrial base68
Connectivity67
Talent & skills57
Governance56
Resilience53
Cost advantage48
Quality of life45
Air quality42
Growth momentum38
Energy cost36
Labour market23
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)
60.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37.6
Livability44.9
Market access68
Economic scale92
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability46
Diversification32
Demographic stability81
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access97
Market access68
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
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary45
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers56
Scientists & engineers70
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)
42
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.8 µg/m³
PM1014.1 µg/m³
NO216.4 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)
44.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs30.5
Education62
Health29.5
Safety39.7
Connectivity37
Environment43.7
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
37.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.1 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 26.8%Diversified · HHI 2365
Industry 24.8%Construction 3.2%Trade · transport · ICT 26.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.3%Public · health · education 21.9%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€35,482M2023
2.1% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,569M2025
0.2% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
586,2712025
0.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
6.2% 1y 14.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
382,5002023
1.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€97,6252025
3.3% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Gross value added
€32,410M2023
3.6% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€32,410M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€7M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,036M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,020M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€1,036M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,685M
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
54,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,100
2023 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,830M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,216M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€22,387M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,560M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,086M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,569M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,625
2025 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,179M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
382,500
2023 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
21,570
2023 · EU pctl 60
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,800
2023 · EU pctl 87
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
298,300
2025 · EU pctl 84
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,642
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
1,890
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise deaths
1,880
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
39.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,385,851
2024 · EU pctl 73
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
427 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,772 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,495
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
255
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
169 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
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)
381,409
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
120,883
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged under 15
83,979
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
5,185
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
6,845
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
2024 · EU pctl 37
Population density (persons per km²)
1,888 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 95
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
640,815
2100 · EU pctl 87
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,054 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
253 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
191 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,236 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,985 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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)
3 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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 42
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 73
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
11.1%
2021 · EU pctl 89
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