NUTS-3 DE932 · Germany
Cuxhaven
Export region data (CSV)Cuxhaven generates €6.4bn of GDP across 198.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.6
Livability61.4
Market access62
Economic scale41
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability59
Labour stability66
Diversification91
Demographic stability49
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access43
Market access62
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary14
Lifelong learning26
Knowledge workers34
Scientists & engineers49
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)
80.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.3 µg/m³
PM1010.6 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy55
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety55
Connectivity94
Environment81.7
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
59.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 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: Public · health · education · 26.9%Diversified · HHI 1953
Agriculture 8%Industry 17.8%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 26.9%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,811M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€463M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,033M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€590M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€479M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€965M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,400
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,900
2023 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,211M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,011M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,305M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,565M
2023 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,580
2023 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
8,400
2023 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,140
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,989
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
510
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise deaths
568
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 34
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
12
2012 · EU pctl 43
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 42
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,269,144
2024 · EU pctl 72
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
653 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · 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.
2,147
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,080
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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)
118,861
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
53,001
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged under 15
26,980
2025 · EU pctl 40
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
1,509
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
2,990
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.3%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.1%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,033 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
242 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
251 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
844 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
36 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 9
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 76
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