NUTS-3 DE803 · Germany
Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity50Momentum53Resilience25Quality of life46vs nearest peer: Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt →
Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €10bn of GDP across 205.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (69th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable70 → 80 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 base83
Labour market62
Freight intensity56
Governance56
Growth momentum53
Quality of life46
Cost advantage45
Air quality45
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook34
Connectivity29
Resilience25
Talent & skills22
Industrial base21
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)
50.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53
Livability46.4
Market access40
Economic scale61
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)
24.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability38
Labour stability13
Diversification21
Demographic stability26
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)
28.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access4
Market access40
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary11
Lifelong learning20
Knowledge workers24
Scientists & engineers34
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.2 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO212.7 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)
46.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety47.3
Connectivity42
Environment46
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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 · 32.2%Diversified · HHI 2483
Industry 15.7%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 25.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.2%Public · health · education 32.2%
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)
€10,339M2023
5.1% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,654M2025
0.2% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Population
205,3072025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
5.4% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
122,8302023
1.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Productivity / employee
€91,5262025
3.3% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Gross value added
€9,444M2023
6.6% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,444M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,486M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€986M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — construction (F)
€319M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,400M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,400
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,600
2023 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,049M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€885M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€30,582M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,193M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,044M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,654M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,526
2025 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,321M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
122,830
2023 · EU pctl 52
Self-employed persons
7,660
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,790
2023 · EU pctl 28
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.3%
2018 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
104,700
2025 · EU pctl 44
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,213
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise births
491
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise deaths
531
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 25
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.4%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,196,664
2024 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
564 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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.
676
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,274 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
329
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
154
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
128,827
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged 65+
52,797
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
23,683
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Live births
1,343
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
2,800
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
1,140 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
185,356
2100 · EU pctl 43
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,126 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
75.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
463 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,549 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · 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)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
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 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 52
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 39
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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