NUTS-3 DE945 · Germany
Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.7bn of GDP across 75.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/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 (21.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader87 → 79 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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)
Labour market82
Freight intensity81
Economic base80
Air quality77
Governance56
Quality of life53
Resilience50
Connectivity46
Growth momentum41
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Industrial base31
Demographic outlook11
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)
42.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.6
Livability53.3
Market access54
Economic scale21
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability69
Diversification7
Demographic stability39
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)
45.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density54
Airport access29
Market access54
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)
76.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1011.5 µg/m³
NO27.5 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)
53.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety21.7
Connectivity54
Environment78
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
40.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 42.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2800
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 20.5%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 16.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.2%Public · health · education 42.9%
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)
€3,709M2023
2.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,087M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Population
75,7452025
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
3.2% 1y 15.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
45,1502023
1.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Productivity / employee
€86,9672025
3.3% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€3,388M2023
4.3% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,388M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — industry (B–E)
€694M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€426M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€134M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€547M
2023 · EU pctl 18
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)
43,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,800
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
€548M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,454M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,087M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,967
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€998M
2025 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,150
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
2,030
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,770
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
40,400
2025 · EU pctl 9
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,011
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
168
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
183
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
302,089
2024 · EU pctl 18
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
623 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,439 kt
2025 · EU pctl 23
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
332
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
438
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
46,638
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
19,647
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
9,460
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
-3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
16.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Live births
583
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
1,232
2024 · EU pctl 13
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
730 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 87
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,536
2100 · EU pctl 8
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
111 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
979 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,664 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
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)
4 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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 15
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 70
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.2%
2021 · EU pctl 7
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Germany regions