NUTS-3 DEA36 · Germany
Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen generates €19bn of GDP across 621.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (68.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (29.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable40 → 38 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)
Connectivity74
Labour market60
Resilience59
Governance56
Freight intensity54
Quality of life47
Air quality39
Industrial base38
Growth momentum37
Energy cost36
Cost advantage33
Talent & skills33
Demographic outlook30
Economic base28
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)
65.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37.4
Livability47.1
Market access96
Economic scale80
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability63
Diversification40
Demographic stability58
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access68
Market access96
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.3 µg/m³
PM1014.9 µg/m³
NO213 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)
47.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety50
Connectivity57
Environment39.7
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
37.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 30.2%Diversified · HHI 2313
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 20.2%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 18%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 30.2%
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)
€19,026M2023
0.4% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,992M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Population
621,3052025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
0.0% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
255,0902023
0.5% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Productivity / employee
€78,5242025
3.3% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Gross value added
€17,379M2023
1.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,379M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,519M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,538M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€1,009M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,127M
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)
27,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,600
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
€4,375M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,247M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,992M
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,524
2025 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,631M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour market
Employment, total persons
255,090
2023 · EU pctl 82
Self-employed persons
21,510
2023 · EU pctl 59
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,870
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
326,100
2025 · EU pctl 87
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,502
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise births
1,579
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
1,633
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
642,075
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.
2,922
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,557 kt
2025 · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
470
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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)
384,175
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
149,333
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged under 15
87,797
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Live births
5,206
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
8,731
2024 · EU pctl 92
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
826 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
587,409
2100 · EU pctl 85
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 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
49.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
429 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,644 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
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)
50 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 52
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 54
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 19
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
81.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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