NUTS-3 DEA38 · Germany
Warendorf
Export region data (CSV)Warendorf generates €11bn of GDP across 282.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for education (29.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.2
Livability53.6
Market access87
Economic scale64
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)
67.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability63
Diversification48
Demographic stability65
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)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access73
Market access87
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)
53.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety42
Connectivity81
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
48.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 31.6%Diversified · HHI 2259
Agriculture 3.3%Industry 31.6%Construction 4.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.7%Public · health · education 21.5%
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)
€10,197M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€339M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,225M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,938M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€484M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,751M
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
35,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,600
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
€2,209M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,189M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
141,300
2023 · EU pctl 60
Self-employed persons
11,780
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,620
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
9,655
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise births
761
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
765
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
69
2012 · EU pctl 83
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
249 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 82
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)
399,048
2024 · EU pctl 26
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.
2,109
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
746
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
176,872
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
64,339
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
41,428
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
2,395
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
3,146
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
214 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
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
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
249 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,031 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
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 48
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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