NUTS-3 DE943 · Germany
Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt generates €9.9bn of GDP across 176.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.6%/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 clean environment (22.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.8
Livability46.5
Market access65
Economic scale59
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)
67.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability69
Diversification13
Demographic stability89
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
Airport access66
Market access65
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)
21.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.8 µg/m³
PM1016.8 µg/m³
NO228 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)
46.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy78
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety32.3
Connectivity47
Environment22.3
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
62.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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 · 34.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2629
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 10.3%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.2%Public · health · education 34.1%
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)
€9,078M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€938M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€487M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€350M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,128M
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
50,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,700
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
€2,556M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,098M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,710
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
6,220
2023 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,290
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
6,153
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise births
587
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise deaths
556
2023 · EU pctl 30
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
74 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 46
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)
271,972
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.
669
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
379
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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)
118,422
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
35,695
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
22,497
2025 · EU pctl 33
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 11
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
1,491
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
1,866
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.1%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
1,730 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
449 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,838 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
6 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 65
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
28
2024 · EU pctl 98
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