NUTS-3 DE502 · Germany
Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.1bn of GDP across 118.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (62th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.4
Livability42.4
Market access61
Economic scale31
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability66
Labour stability46
Diversification25
Demographic stability88
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access47
Market access61
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.2 µg/m³
PM1015.1 µg/m³
NO215.9 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)
42.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs30.5
Education62
Health29.5
Safety35
Connectivity43
Environment37.3
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
53.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.4 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 · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2437
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 19.2%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27%Public · health · education 31.3%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,639M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€893M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€718M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — construction (F)
€168M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€856M
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
38,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 67
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,800
2023 · EU pctl 71
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)
€1,254M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,454M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,760
2023 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
3,860
2023 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,850
2023 · EU pctl 17
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,219
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise births
305
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
370
2023 · EU pctl 18
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
2023 · EU pctl 95
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 15
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 26
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
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)
429,540
2024 · EU pctl 28
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
427 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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.
400
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
337
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
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)
74,834
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
25,808
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
17,968
2025 · EU pctl 24
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of total population change
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
1,066
2024 · EU pctl 27
Deaths
1,550
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
1,463 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
35.4%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
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
2.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,344 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,783 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 55
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 72
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 48
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