NUTS-3 DEA17 · Germany
Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €7.5bn of GDP across 213.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (55.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (26.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable58 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (-10 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)
Connectivity75
Governance56
Resilience52
Talent & skills44
Economic base42
Quality of life40
Energy cost36
Growth momentum35
Freight intensity35
Labour market33
Industrial base32
Cost advantage31
Demographic outlook29
Air quality25
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)
55
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.2
Livability39.6
Market access98
Economic scale47
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability57
Diversification41
Demographic stability61
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density45
Airport access81
Market access98
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.9 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO229 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)
39.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy55.5
Jobs38.5
Education44.5
Health29
Safety38.7
Connectivity45
Environment26.3
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
35.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 28.1%Diversified · HHI 2308
Industry 17.2%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 23.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 28.1%
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)
€7,478M2023
7.0% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,288M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Population
213,6462025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
96,4502023
0.5% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Productivity / employee
€81,8122025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Gross value added
€6,830M2023
8.5% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,830M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,176M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€891M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — construction (F)
€407M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,632M
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
31,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,000
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€1,693M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,920M
2023 · EU pctl 60
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,288M
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,812
2025 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,172M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
96,450
2023 · EU pctl 43
Self-employed persons
7,150
2023 · EU pctl 24
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,140
2023 · EU pctl 29
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
106,700
2025 · EU pctl 44
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,190
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise births
586
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise deaths
591
2023 · EU pctl 32
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · 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)
480,864
2024 · EU pctl 31
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
567 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,822 kt
2025 · EU pctl 36
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
760
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
356
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
25
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
134,366
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
48,819
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
30,461
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
1,745
2024 · EU pctl 47
Deaths
2,845
2024 · EU pctl 48
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
2,774 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
199,605
2100 · EU pctl 46
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
74.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
464 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,039 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · 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)
41 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
29
2024 · EU pctl 99
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
20.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.4%
2021 · EU pctl 75
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