NUTS-3 DEA51 · Germany
Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €16bn of GDP across 358.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.3/100 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 and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (68th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.8
Livability45.5
Market access96
Economic scale76
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability42
Diversification17
Demographic stability25
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)
76
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density53
Airport access79
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning44
Knowledge workers19
Scientists & engineers29
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)
45.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety43.7
Connectivity53
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
35.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 34.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2558
Industry 13.5%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.7%Public · health · education 34.6%
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)
€14,584M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,971M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,633M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€581M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,084M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,700
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 72
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,800
2023 · EU pctl 75
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,556M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,134M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€86,336M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,895M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,051M
2023 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
200,060
2023 · EU pctl 73
Self-employed persons
13,820
2023 · EU pctl 46
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,870
2023 · EU pctl 51
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,924
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
1,095
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
1,071
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
73
2012 · EU pctl 85
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
195 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 73
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
27.3%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
746,674
2024 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
1,590
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
443
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
232,063
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
80,338
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
46,275
2025 · EU pctl 63
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
2,923
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
4,534
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
2,468 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 97
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,106 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
256 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
68.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,884 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
111 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
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