NUTS-3 DEA52 · Germany
Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt
Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €30bn of GDP across 603.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (72.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader78 → 80 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)
Economic base81
Connectivity80
Resilience59
Governance56
Demographic outlook52
Growth momentum50
Labour market42
Quality of life42
Freight intensity37
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills28
Air quality27
Industrial base19
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)
69.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability41.8
Market access95
Economic scale90
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)
58.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability97
Labour stability42
Diversification22
Demographic stability74
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 density50
Airport access95
Market access95
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
26.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.8 µg/m³
PM1014.9 µg/m³
NO224.3 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)
41.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety34.3
Connectivity50
Environment27.3
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.1%Diversified · HHI 2459
Industry 14.5%Construction 3.8%Trade · transport · ICT 24.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.1%Public · health · education 28.4%
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)
€29,578M2023
6.6% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€24,903M2025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
603,4622025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
30.6% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
346,3802023
1.3% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€90,2002025
3.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Gross value added
€27,016M2023
8.2% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€27,016M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,924M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,618M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€1,036M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,517M
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
43,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,300
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
€7,861M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,665M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€24,903M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,200
2025 · EU pctl 66
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,792M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
346,380
2023 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
22,180
2023 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,090
2023 · EU pctl 66
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
303,600
2025 · EU pctl 84
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,001
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
1,894
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise deaths
1,817
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 50
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 48 · 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)
1,503,036
2024 · EU pctl 62
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.
2,434
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,099 kt
2025 · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
403
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
393,208
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
123,719
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
86,535
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 17
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
5,440
2024 · EU pctl 88
Deaths
7,466
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
2,151 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
615,521
2100 · EU pctl 86
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
2.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
720 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,824 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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)
104 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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 33
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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.
24
2024 · EU pctl 96
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 20
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
21.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.2%
2021 · EU pctl 8
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