NUTS-3 DE94G · Germany
Wesermarsch
Export region data (CSV)Wesermarsch generates €3.8bn of GDP across 88.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (95th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.6
Livability62
Market access62
Economic scale23
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability5
Labour stability69
Diversification17
Demographic stability49
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access60
Market access62
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)
62
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy67.5
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety63.3
Connectivity95
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
59.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.7 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: Industry · 41.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2554
Agriculture 4.9%Industry 41.8%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 15.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 16%Public · health · education 16.3%
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)
€3,512M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€171M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,467M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,128M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€210M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€529M
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)
38,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,100
2023 · EU pctl 72
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)
€563M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€571M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,320
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
3,080
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,300
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
2,461
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
188
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
226
2023 · EU pctl 7
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 36
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
4
2012 · EU pctl 22
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 36
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)
744,523
2024 · EU pctl 44
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.
1,071
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,204
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
54,904
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
22,036
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged under 15
11,996
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
-4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
677
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
1,367
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
111 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 44
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
17.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
146 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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