NUTS-3 DEA17 · Germany
Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 67 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
33
2012 · EU pctl 67
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
153 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
480,864
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.
763
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
357
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
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
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
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
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