NUTS-3 DE502 · Germany
Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity45Momentum46Resilience56Quality of life42vs nearest peer: Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt →
Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.1bn of GDP across 118.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.1/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable79 → 68 EU percentile since 1995 (-11 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 base67
Energy cost62
Talent & skills57
Resilience56
Governance56
Connectivity51
Cost advantage48
Freight intensity48
Demographic outlook47
Growth momentum46
Quality of life42
Industrial base42
Air quality36
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)
45.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.8
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)
50.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access48
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
45.8
/ 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
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: 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€5,079M2023
13.2% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,376M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Population
118,6102025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
6.2% 1y 19.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
61,7602023
0.8% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Productivity / employee
€86,5532025
3.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Gross value added
€4,639M2023
14.8% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,376M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,553
2025 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€741M
2025 · EU pctl 16
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
58,500
2025 · EU pctl 20
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
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)
472,074
2025 · EU pctl 30
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.
401
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,309 kt
2025 · EU pctl 23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
169 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
338
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 52
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 59
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
117,507
2100 · EU pctl 24
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
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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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