NUTS-3 DEA37 · Germany
Steinfurt
Export region data (CSV)Steinfurt generates €18bn of GDP across 451.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (82th EU percentile) and weakest for education (29.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
67.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability55.7
Market access86
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)
70
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability63
Diversification70
Demographic stability54
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)
86
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
Airport access90
Market access86
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
55.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy65.5
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety51
Connectivity82
Environment—
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
47.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 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: Industry · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2138
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 25.8%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 22.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.3%Public · health · education 21.8%
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).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,859M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€389M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,357M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,739M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€1,105M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,754M
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
36,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,100
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
€3,584M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,670M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Labour market
Employment, total persons
233,830
2023 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
18,270
2023 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
44,870
2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
14,925
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise births
1,192
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
1,188
2023 · EU pctl 54
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 19
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
71
2012 · EU pctl 84
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
161 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
750,986
2024 · EU pctl 44
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.
3,515
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
778
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
287,665
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged 65+
96,894
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
67,153
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.7%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
4,063
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
5,055
2024 · EU pctl 75
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
251 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
183 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,131 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
41 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
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