NUTS-3 DEA34 · Germany
Borken
Borken generates €18bn of GDP across 380.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (72th EU percentile) and weakest for education (29.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable70 → 76 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Demographic outlook94
Industrial base81
Economic base77
Resilience76
Connectivity68
Freight intensity65
Labour market60
Governance56
Growth momentum54
Quality of life54
Air quality51
Energy cost36
Cost advantage33
Talent & skills33
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)
70
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability53.5
Market access94
Economic scale79
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)
75.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability63
Diversification76
Demographic stability73
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access51
Market access94
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.6 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO29.6 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)
53.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety55
Connectivity60
Environment52.3
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 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: Industry · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2104
Agriculture 3%Industry 30.3%Construction 9.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.9%Public · health · education 17.8%
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)
€17,870M2023
9.4% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,020M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Population
380,7962025
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
0.0% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
218,8002023
0.5% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Productivity / employee
€85,9832025
3.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Gross value added
€16,323M2023
11.0% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,323M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€491M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,952M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,311M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€1,613M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,125M
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
42,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,200
2023 · EU pctl 79
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)
€3,244M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,899M
2023 · EU pctl 74
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,020M
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,983
2025 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,411M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,800
2023 · EU pctl 76
Self-employed persons
17,460
2023 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,220
2023 · EU pctl 87
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
206,900
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,176
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
1,140
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise deaths
1,127
2023 · EU pctl 53
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 20 · 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)
637,728
2024 · EU pctl 39
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.
1,876
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,595 kt
2025 · EU pctl 75
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
493
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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)
243,796
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged 65+
78,461
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
58,539
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 33
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
3,454
2024 · EU pctl 74
Deaths
4,203
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
2024 · EU pctl 84
Population density (persons per km²)
268 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
468,842
2100 · EU pctl 80
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,063 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · 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)
55 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
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 30
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 33
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
117 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 33
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