NUTS-3 DE94D · Germany
Oldenburg, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Oldenburg, Landkreis generates €4.6bn of GDP across 132k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (91th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.8
Livability58.8
Market access68
Economic scale28
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability69
Diversification88
Demographic stability54
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)
79
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access78
Market access68
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)
58.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy55
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity91
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
65.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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: Industry · 26%Diversified · HHI 1993
Agriculture 5.9%Industry 26%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 20.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.9%Public · health · education 20%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,222M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€249M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,098M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€842M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€315M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€877M
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
31,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
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)
€839M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€844M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,750
2023 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
6,170
2023 · EU pctl 19
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,460
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
4,852
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise births
379
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
425
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
14
2012 · EU pctl 46
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
111 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 55
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)
426,202
2024 · EU pctl 28
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.
1,296
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
982
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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)
82,912
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
30,388
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged under 15
18,708
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
1,053
2024 · EU pctl 27
Deaths
1,722
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
124 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
212 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
752 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
24 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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