NUTS-3 DEA12 · Germany
Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €20bn of GDP across 502.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +1.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (65th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (25th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.4
Livability42.2
Market access99
Economic scale81
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)
45.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability36
Labour stability57
Diversification36
Demographic stability53
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)
76.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access90
Market access99
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary35
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers45
Scientists & engineers53
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
24.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.4 µg/m³
PM1015.4 µg/m³
NO221.6 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
42.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy65
Jobs38.5
Education44.5
Health29
Safety52.7
Connectivity41
Environment25
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
28.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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 · 25.4%Diversified · HHI 2342
Industry 21.6%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 24.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.1%Public · health · education 25.4%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,508M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€7M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,994M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,224M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€670M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,490M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,100
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€40,936M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€5,526M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€145,544M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,653M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,693M
2023 · EU pctl 85
Labour market
Employment, total persons
231,870
2023 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
14,560
2023 · EU pctl 48
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,050
2023 · EU pctl 75
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,102
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,320
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,374
2023 · EU pctl 59
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
51
2012 · EU pctl 77
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
105 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 54
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.3%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
484,672
2024 · EU pctl 31
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
567 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 35 · 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.
1,569
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
312
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
324,014
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
102,578
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged under 15
75,678
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 19
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
4,611
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
6,563
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
2,349 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 97
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,075 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
254 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
93.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
813 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 58
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
22
2024 · EU pctl 91
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 12
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