NUTS-3 DEA33 · Germany
Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €22bn of GDP across 308.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (81th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (27.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability47.5
Market access91
Economic scale83
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability61
Labour stability63
Diversification7
Demographic stability23
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 density47
Airport access86
Market access91
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary32
Lifelong learning29
Knowledge workers31
Scientists & engineers40
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1013.7 µg/m³
NO215.3 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)
47.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy81
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety27.3
Connectivity47
Environment42
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.1 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: Public · health · education · 36.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2797
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 8.1%Construction 2.7%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 30%Public · health · education 36.2%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,898M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€58M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,616M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,191M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,518M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,000
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
63,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€71,200
2023 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,727M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,530M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€59,763M
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,968M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,196M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
248,250
2023 · EU pctl 80
Self-employed persons
14,820
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,200
2023 · EU pctl 39
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.6%
2019 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,945
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
984
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
968
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
55
2012 · EU pctl 78
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
189 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 73
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,252,704
2024 · EU pctl 58
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
590 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · 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.
1,174
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
381
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
211,963
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged 65+
57,608
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged under 15
38,687
2025 · EU pctl 54
Median age of population
39.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.2%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
2,580
2024 · EU pctl 65
Deaths
2,815
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
1,019 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.5%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,053 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
246 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
87.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
654 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,569 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
67 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 38
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 69
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 36
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