NUTS-3 DE947 · Germany
Aurich
Aurich generates €6.6bn of GDP across 188.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.1%/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 education (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 46 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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
Air quality67
Resilience66
Connectivity57
Governance56
Growth momentum56
Quality of life55
Economic base42
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Demographic outlook29
Freight intensity21
Industrial base14
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)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.8
Livability54.6
Market access49
Economic scale42
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability70
Diversification74
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density87
Airport access36
Market access49
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)
67
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1013.7 µg/m³
NO25.5 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)
54.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54.5
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety26.7
Connectivity87
Environment68.3
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
55.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.2%Diversified · HHI 2116
Agriculture 4.2%Industry 16%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.2%Public · health · education 25.4%
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)
€6,582M2023
8.3% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,478M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Population
188,8162025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
6.5% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
87,0202023
0.4% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Productivity / employee
€80,0492025
3.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Gross value added
€6,012M2023
9.9% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,012M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€255M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€500M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€418M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,213M
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
31,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,900
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€1,635M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,528M
2023 · EU pctl 51
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,478M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,049
2025 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,772M
2025 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,020
2023 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
8,170
2023 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,430
2023 · EU pctl 23
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)
100,600
2025 · EU pctl 42
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,627
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise births
516
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise deaths
509
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
3,987,879
2024 · EU pctl 83
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.
1,572
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,137 kt
2025 · EU pctl 21
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
833
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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)
116,315
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
47,461
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
25,040
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
1,458
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
2,718
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
148 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
172,871
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,004 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
3 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 38
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 10
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
66
2024 · EU pctl 90
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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