NUTS-3 DE937 · Germany
Rotenburg (Wümme)
Export region data (CSV)Rotenburg (Wümme) generates €7.1bn of GDP across 165.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability57.4
Market access68
Economic scale45
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability66
Diversification88
Demographic stability60
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access64
Market access68
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
57.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety39.7
Connectivity88
Environment—
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 24.9%Diversified · HHI 1996
Agriculture 5.9%Industry 17.2%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 24.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.7%Public · health · education 24.9%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,468M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€382M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,110M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€750M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — construction (F)
€513M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,580M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
38,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 67
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,900
2023 · EU pctl 71
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)
€1,274M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,609M
2023 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,050
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
7,990
2023 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,660
2023 · EU pctl 28
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,791
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
405
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise deaths
447
2023 · EU pctl 24
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 10
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
24
2012 · EU pctl 60
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
149 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 65
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)
461,684
2024 · EU pctl 30
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.
1,420
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
856
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
104,813
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
38,010
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
23,081
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
1,280
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
1,987
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,003 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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