NUTS-3 DE939 · Germany
Stade
Stade generates €8.0bn of GDP across 207.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (87th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable65 → 59 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Connectivity73
Air quality73
Labour market72
Resilience70
Industrial base63
Quality of life58
Governance56
Economic base55
Growth momentum52
Freight intensity52
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Demographic outlook26
Cost advantage22
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)
57.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability58.2
Market access67
Economic scale51
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability61
Labour stability66
Diversification88
Demographic stability63
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density87
Airport access65
Market access67
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.8 µg/m³
NO28.9 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)
58.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66.5
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety36.3
Connectivity87
Environment73.5
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
52
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 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: Industry · 25.5%Diversified · HHI 1990
Agriculture 4.8%Industry 25.5%Construction 8.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.9%Public · health · education 20%
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)
€7,998M2023
1.3% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,744M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Population
207,7002025
0.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
23.1% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
91,7402023
1.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€93,2932025
3.3% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Gross value added
€7,305M2023
2.8% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,305M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€351M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,865M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,479M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€649M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,381M
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
34,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,600
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
€1,600M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,460M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,744M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,293
2025 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,099M
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,740
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
8,770
2023 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,560
2023 · EU pctl 34
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
105,300
2025 · EU pctl 44
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,653
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise births
557
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
596
2023 · EU pctl 33
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 30
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · 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)
619,187
2024 · EU pctl 38
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.
1,760
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,049 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
847
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
129,910
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged 65+
47,181
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
30,609
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Live births
1,779
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,476
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
175 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
203,198
2100 · EU pctl 47
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
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,082 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
12 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 27
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 26
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
32.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
24.6%
2021 · EU pctl 98
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