NUTS-3 DEA1F · Germany
Wesel
Wesel generates €16bn of GDP across 457.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (61.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable47 → 49 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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)
Connectivity76
Resilience62
Freight intensity61
Air quality60
Governance56
Industrial base53
Quality of life48
Talent & skills44
Economic base43
Growth momentum36
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook33
Labour market33
Cost advantage31
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)
64.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.2
Livability48
Market access98
Economic scale76
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)
62.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability91
Labour stability57
Diversification62
Demographic stability39
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)
76.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access74
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.7 µg/m³
PM1013.2 µg/m³
NO29.7 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)
48
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy56
Jobs38.5
Education44.5
Health29
Safety50
Connectivity57
Environment61.3
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
36.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 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 · 25.2%Diversified · HHI 2182
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 23%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.9%Public · health · education 25.2%
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)
€16,044M2023
5.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,492M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Population
457,9182025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
14.3% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
204,9702023
0.6% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Productivity / employee
€82,6012025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€14,655M2023
7.0% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,655M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€192M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,371M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,613M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€927M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,117M
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
31,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
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)
€3,359M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,689M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,492M
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,601
2025 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,514M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
204,970
2023 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
17,930
2023 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,960
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
222,900
2025 · EU pctl 75
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,950
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise births
1,340
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,383
2023 · EU pctl 59
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
768,310
2024 · EU pctl 45
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.
2,140
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,354 kt
2025 · EU pctl 79
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
467
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
280,655
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
114,563
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
62,700
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
3,537
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
6,235
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
456 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
414,949
2100 · EU pctl 76
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,246 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
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)
16 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 32
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 32
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
49.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.4%
2021 · EU pctl 44
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