NUTS-3 DE943 · Germany
Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader91 → 86 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Economic base89
Labour market82
Resilience68
Growth momentum63
Connectivity59
Governance56
Freight intensity49
Quality of life47
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Demographic outlook27
Air quality22
Industrial base7
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)
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€9,938M2023
8.8% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,271M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Population
176,6142025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
6.5% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
121,7102023
0.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Productivity / employee
€86,4132025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Gross value added
€9,078M2023
10.4% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 83 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,271M
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,413
2025 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,675M
2025 · EU pctl 66
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,500
2025 · EU pctl 42
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
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)
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.
665
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,930 kt
2025 · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
377
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 57
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
150,895
2100 · EU pctl 35
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.4%
2021 · EU pctl 82
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