NUTS-3 DE94H · Germany
Wittmund
Wittmund generates €2.0bn of GDP across 56k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability 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 digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 47 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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
Quality of life60
Resilience56
Freight intensity56
Governance56
Connectivity55
Growth momentum53
Economic base44
Energy cost36
Talent & skills34
Cost advantage33
Demographic outlook20
Industrial base9
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)
42.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53
Livability59.5
Market access52
Economic scale7
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability70
Diversification76
Demographic stability27
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
Airport access20
Market access52
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)
59.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy55.5
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety62.3
Connectivity93
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
53
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2102
Agriculture 7.1%Industry 14.7%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.9%Public · health · education 29.9%
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)
€1,983M2023
8.1% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,651M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Population
55,9692025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
15.6% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
25,8502023
3.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Productivity / employee
€81,1632025
3.3% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Gross value added
€1,811M2023
9.7% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,811M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€266M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€106M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€354M
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
31,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,400
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
€415M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€542M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,651M
2025 · EU pctl 7
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,163
2025 · EU pctl 44
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€534M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,850
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
3,910
2023 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,940
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,100
2025 · EU pctl 5
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,236
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise births
171
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
177
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
2,457,316
2024 · EU pctl 74
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
623 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,707 kt
2025 · EU pctl 10
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
591
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,056
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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)
33,576
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
15,085
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
7,308
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
50.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.9%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
390
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
808
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
86 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,777
2100 · EU pctl 5
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
8.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
675 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
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)
1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
4.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 21
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