NUTS-3 DE941 · Germany
Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.3bn of GDP across 81.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (87.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (21.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.4
Livability45.4
Market access68
Economic scale9
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability69
Diversification20
Demographic stability92
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access96
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary41
Lifelong learning27
Knowledge workers33
Scientists & engineers35
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)
45.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy45
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety21.3
Connectivity60
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
63.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 37.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2513
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 16.9%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.8%Public · health · education 37.4%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,121M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — industry (B–E)
€359M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€300M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€117M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€378M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,000
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,500
2023 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€31,047M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,687M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€59,034M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€463M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€794M
2023 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,840
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
2,600
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,170
2023 · EU pctl 9
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.6%
2019 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,209
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise births
181
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
207
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 41
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
10 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 20
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.8%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
68,161
2024 · EU pctl 2
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
623 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 66 · 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.
408
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
501
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
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)
51,087
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged 65+
18,225
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
12,094
2025 · EU pctl 12
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
-4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
689
2024 · EU pctl 14
Deaths
1,002
2024 · EU pctl 9
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
1,316 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 92
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,034 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
6.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
325 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,078 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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