NUTS-3 DEA53 · Germany
Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €7.5bn of GDP across 190.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +1.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (69th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller79 → 62 EU percentile since 1995 (-17 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)
Freight intensity91
Connectivity83
Demographic outlook68
Economic base58
Industrial base58
Governance56
Quality of life46
Resilience45
Labour market42
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Growth momentum31
Talent & skills28
Air quality25
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)
54.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.6
Livability45.6
Market access95
Economic scale48
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability43
Diversification29
Demographic stability55
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access85
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO226.9 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)
45.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy61
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety54.3
Connectivity69
Environment26.3
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
30.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2394
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 22.6%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 21.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.7%Public · health · education 30.3%
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)
€7,510M2023
0.8% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,323M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Population
190,3842025
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Unemployment rate
4.6%2025
27.8% 1y 8.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
93,7802023
1.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€84,5912025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Gross value added
€6,860M2023
0.6% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,860M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,552M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,311M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€232M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,504M
2023 · EU pctl 52
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)
35,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,500
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
€1,488M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,081M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,323M
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,591
2025 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,471M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
93,780
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
6,590
2023 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,650
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
93,000
2025 · EU pctl 38
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,746
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
521
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
510
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
201,981
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,391 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,139
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
598
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
120,460
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
41,025
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
28,899
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
44.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Live births
1,767
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,608
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
1,198 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
205,915
2100 · EU pctl 48
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
472 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,982 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
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)
140 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
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 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 98
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
22.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.1%
2021 · EU pctl 81
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