NUTS-3 DE80K · Germany
Landkreis Rostock
Export region data (CSV)Landkreis Rostock generates €7.3bn of GDP across 218.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. 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 digital connectivity (95th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.8
Livability53.9
Market access44
Economic scale46
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)
52.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability13
Diversification87
Demographic stability61
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access3
Market access44
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM1013.5 µg/m³
NO24.2 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)
53.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety47
Connectivity95
Environment69
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
58.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 26.3%Diversified · HHI 2001
Agriculture 5.2%Industry 17.9%Construction 8.7%Trade · transport · ICT 23%Finance · real estate · prof. 19%Public · health · education 26.3%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,667M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€346M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,190M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€654M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — construction (F)
€579M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,532M
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
29,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,400
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€1,267M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,752M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Labour market
Employment, total persons
93,860
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
9,670
2023 · EU pctl 34
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,560
2023 · EU pctl 27
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,105
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
484
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise deaths
633
2023 · EU pctl 35
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
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
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)
4,570,556
2024 · EU pctl 85
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.
2,467
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,128
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
155
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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+
59,972
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged under 15
29,922
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
51.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 91
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Live births
1,222
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
3,006
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 25
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,126 /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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
768 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
37 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 36
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
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