NUTS-3 DE600 · Germany
Hamburg
Hamburg generates €155bn of GDP across 1.9m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (32.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader97 → 96 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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 base97
Demographic outlook88
Talent & skills79
Connectivity69
Governance56
Quality of life54
Freight intensity53
Labour market50
Resilience48
Energy cost36
Growth momentum35
Air quality32
Industrial base25
Cost advantage12
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)
65
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.8
Livability54.1
Market access72
Economic scale99
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability72
Diversification12
Demographic stability54
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access98
Market access72
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary79
Lifelong learning59
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers90
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1015.2 µg/m³
NO220.4 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)
54.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs43
Education80.5
Health46.5
Safety45.7
Connectivity38
Environment32.7
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
34.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 33%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2644
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 13.9%Construction 2.8%Trade · transport · ICT 31.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 33%Public · health · education 18.4%
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)
€155,055M2023
1.7% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€129,374M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Population
1,862,5652025
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Unemployment rate
5.3%2025
10.4% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
1,358,5102024
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Productivity / employee
€123,5862025
3.3% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Gross value added
€141,628M2023
0.2% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€141,628M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€87M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — industry (B–E)
€19,635M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€16,072M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€3,964M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,176M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,900
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
75,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€84,200
2023 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,332M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,502M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€78,264M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€12,347M
2018 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€8,654M
2018 · EU pctl 97
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€46,715M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€26,051M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€129,374M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€123,586
2025 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€27,755M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,358,510
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
103,250
2023 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
109,100
2023 · EU pctl 98
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.3%
2019 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,035,700
2025 · EU pctl 99
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
91,932
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise births
10,052
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
9,414
2023 · EU pctl 95
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.7%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
16,068,105
2024 · EU pctl 97
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
435 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · 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.
5,196
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
54,626 kt
2025 · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
279
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
104 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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)
1,260,836
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
336,092
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
265,637
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.7%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
17,553
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
18,591
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
2,616 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 97
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,101,740
2100 · EU pctl 99
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,002 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
248 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
469 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,255 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · 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)
23 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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 56
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 88
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 36
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
99.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.2%
2021 · EU pctl 85
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