NUTS-3 DE942 · Germany
Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €4.1bn of GDP across 49.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +2.3%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (87.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader95 → 95 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 intensity99
Industrial base98
Economic base97
Labour market82
Demographic outlook71
Air quality69
Connectivity58
Quality of life58
Governance56
Growth momentum41
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Resilience26
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)
45.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.4
Livability58
Market access58
Economic scale24
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability69
Diversification4
Demographic stability29
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)
58.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access56
Market access58
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
69
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.3 µg/m³
NO210.7 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
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy82
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety47.7
Connectivity61
Environment69.5
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
41.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Industry · 48.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3143
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 48.6%Construction 2.8%Trade · transport · ICT 16%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.6%Public · health · education 15.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€4,106M2023
14.4% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,417M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Population
49,2022025
1.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
3.2% 1y 11.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
42,4202023
3.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Productivity / employee
€102,4232025
3.3% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Gross value added
€3,750M2023
16.0% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,750M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€21M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,824M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,670M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€104M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€600M
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
73,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€82,700
2023 · EU pctl 97
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)
€624M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€577M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,417M
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,423
2025 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,105M
2025 · EU pctl 29
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,420
2023 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
2,280
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,230
2023 · EU pctl 36
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,100
2025 · EU pctl 4
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,362
2023 · EU pctl 0
Enterprise births
114
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
124
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 41
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 14 · 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)
263,207
2024 · EU pctl 16
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.
251
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,106 kt
2025 · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
510
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
31,340
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
10,949
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
6,913
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
389
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
662
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
454 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
47,944
2100 · EU pctl 5
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,704 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 22
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 39
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
9.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.9%
2021 · EU pctl 90
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