NUTS-3 DE502 · Germany
Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity47Momentum53Resilience56Quality of life43vs nearest peer: Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt →
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).
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
Talent & skills57
Resilience56
Governance56
Growth momentum53
Connectivity51
Cost advantage48
Freight intensity48
Demographic outlook47
Quality of life43
Industrial base42
Air quality36
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)
47
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.4
Livability42.5
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
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)
42.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs30.5
Education62
Health29.5
Safety35
Connectivity44
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).
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)
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.
402
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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).
339
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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)
€0.161/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)
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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