NUTS-3 DE94F · Germany
Vechta
Vechta generates €8.6bn of GDP across 146.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.5%/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 education (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Freight intensity99
Economic base91
Industrial base88
Labour market82
Demographic outlook78
Resilience70
Growth momentum64
Connectivity63
Governance56
Quality of life54
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
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)
61.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.2
Livability54.4
Market access72
Economic scale54
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability70
Labour stability69
Diversification64
Demographic stability75
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density72
Airport access44
Market access72
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)
54.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy79
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety29.3
Connectivity72
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
64.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 33.3%Diversified · HHI 2167
Agriculture 5.5%Industry 33.3%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 18.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.5%Public · health · education 16.7%
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)
€8,612M2023
6.1% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,167M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Population
146,5392025
0.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
6.5% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
103,8702023
2.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Productivity / employee
€87,7312025
3.3% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€7,866M2023
7.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,866M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€430M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,623M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,351M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — construction (F)
€571M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,474M
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
52,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 91
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,000
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
€1,455M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,313M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,167M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,731
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,318M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
103,870
2023 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
9,660
2023 · EU pctl 34
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,430
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
83,200
2025 · EU pctl 34
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,794
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
451
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
414
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
357,587
2024 · EU pctl 23
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.
914
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,310 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
624
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
96,115
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
26,819
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged under 15
23,605
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 11
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.9%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of total population change
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
1,457
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,381
2024 · EU pctl 17
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.5%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
180 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
159,841
2100 · EU pctl 37
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
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
221 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
801 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
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)
29 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.4%
2021 · EU pctl 10
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