NUTS-3 DEA54 · Germany
Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €6.6bn of GDP across 180k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (61th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability46.2
Market access92
Economic scale43
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)
55.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability42
Diversification43
Demographic stability45
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)
79
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access84
Market access92
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)
46.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy56.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety51.3
Connectivity61
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
42.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 30.6%Diversified · HHI 2296
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 20.8%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 30.6%
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)
€6,031M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,257M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€934M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€344M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,292M
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
32,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,800
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
€1,256M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,846M
2023 · EU pctl 58
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,020
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
6,050
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,760
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
5,011
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
479
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
497
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
10
2012 · EU pctl 39
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 39
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)
167,750
2024 · EU pctl 9
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.
932
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
518
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
114,965
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
39,168
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
25,835
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
1,546
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
2,348
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
795 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 87
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
113 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
678 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,831 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
64 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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