NUTS-3 DEA26 · Germany
Düren
Düren generates €9.8bn of GDP across 279.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for health (46.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller64 → 51 EU percentile since 1995 (-14 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)
Connectivity79
Resilience71
Talent & skills70
Quality of life63
Air quality62
Freight intensity61
Governance56
Labour market55
Growth momentum54
Industrial base52
Economic base43
Energy cost36
Cost advantage25
Demographic outlook17
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)
67.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability62.6
Market access95
Economic scale59
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)
71
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability98
Labour stability58
Diversification34
Demographic stability94
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access62
Market access95
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary71
Lifelong learning58
Knowledge workers78
Scientists & engineers74
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1013.9 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
62.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs58
Education78
Health46.5
Safety52.7
Connectivity81
Environment63
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
54
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2357
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 22.5%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.7%Public · health · education 25.1%
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)
€9,794M2023
5.6% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,368M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Population
279,2852025
0.3% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
8.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
125,0402023
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Productivity / employee
€82,8302025
3.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€8,946M2023
7.2% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,946M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,016M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,575M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€504M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,217M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,300
2023 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€34,670M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€6,008M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€125,036M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,832M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,243M
2023 · EU pctl 65
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,368M
2025 · EU pctl 58
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,830
2025 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,495M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,040
2023 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
10,340
2023 · EU pctl 36
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,080
2023 · EU pctl 52
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
144,100
2025 · EU pctl 57
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,185
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
745
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
841
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 38
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.1%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
570,230
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
585 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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.
2,074
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,360 kt
2025 · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
743
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
175,988
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
63,045
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
40,252
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
2,377
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
3,474
2024 · EU pctl 58
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
299 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 74
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
228,922
2100 · EU pctl 53
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,020 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
314 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,348 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
125 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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 14
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 40
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
43.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.5%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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