NUTS-3 DE94A · Germany
Friesland (DE)
Friesland (DE) generates €3.3bn of GDP across 100.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/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
Mid-field stable50 → 43 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
Freight intensity75
Resilience65
Governance56
Quality of life56
Growth momentum54
Connectivity53
Economic base37
Energy cost36
Industrial base35
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Demographic outlook7
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)
45.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability55.6
Market access55
Economic scale18
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability59
Labour stability70
Diversification66
Demographic stability65
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density75
Airport access29
Market access55
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
55.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy52
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety60.3
Connectivity75
Environment—
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
54
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 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: Public · health · education · 29.1%Diversified · HHI 2154
Agriculture 4.7%Industry 18.5%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 29.1%
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)
€3,340M2023
2.7% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,780M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Population
100,4112025
0.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
3.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
44,2702023
1.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Productivity / employee
€79,8472025
3.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Gross value added
€3,051M2023
4.2% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,051M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€142M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — industry (B–E)
€564M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€420M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€176M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€525M
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
29,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,300
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
€755M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€889M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,780M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,847
2025 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€899M
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
44,270
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
3,910
2023 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,230
2023 · EU pctl 12
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)
51,900
2025 · EU pctl 16
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,316
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise births
228
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
237
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
1,693,296
2024 · EU pctl 65
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
623 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,113 kt
2025 · EU pctl 30
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
662
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
659
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
59,970
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged 65+
27,250
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
13,191
2025 · EU pctl 14
Median age of population
51.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
693
2024 · EU pctl 14
Deaths
1,508
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
76,789
2100 · EU pctl 12
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
19.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
290 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
778 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
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)
0 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
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)
0.6%
2021 · EU pctl 15
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