NUTS-3 DEA38 · Germany
Warendorf
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 (80th EU percentile) and weakest for education (29.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable67 → 59 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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)
Industrial base86
Connectivity80
Freight intensity74
Resilience68
Demographic outlook62
Labour market60
Economic base59
Governance56
Quality of life53
Growth momentum48
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)
63.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.2
Livability53.4
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
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)
53.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs68.5
Education29.5
Health37.5
Safety42
Connectivity80
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€11,163M2023
9.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,383M2025
0.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Population
282,6392025
0.1% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
0.0% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
141,3002023
0.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Productivity / employee
€83,1742025
3.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€10,197M2023
11.3% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
All indicators · 81 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,383M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,174
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,131M
2025 · EU pctl 58
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
150,100
2025 · EU pctl 60
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
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)
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.
2,084
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,481 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
737
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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 54
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
287,694
2100 · EU pctl 63
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
116 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.1%
2021 · EU pctl 23
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