NUTS-3 DE80K · Germany
Landkreis Rostock
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 (94th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable43 → 42 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Freight intensity80
Air quality68
Labour market62
Growth momentum59
Governance56
Quality of life54
Resilience53
Connectivity47
Cost advantage45
Economic base37
Energy cost36
Talent & skills22
Industrial base19
Demographic outlook12
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)
50.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.8
Livability53.8
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability12
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
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)
53.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety47
Connectivity94
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,299M2023
3.6% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,110M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Population
218,7212025
0.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
5.4% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
93,8602023
0.4% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€84,5602025
3.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Gross value added
€6,667M2023
5.1% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,110M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,560
2025 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,638M
2025 · EU pctl 46
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
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)
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
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)
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.
2,406
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,697 kt
2025 · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,100
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
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.
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 42
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
172,512
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
56.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 73
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 19
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