NUTS-3 DEA55 · Germany
Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt
Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.2bn of GDP across 155.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (67.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable40 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Connectivity74
Governance56
Growth momentum55
Quality of life46
Freight intensity45
Demographic outlook43
Labour market42
Resilience40
Economic base37
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills28
Industrial base20
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)
57.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.6
Livability45.8
Market access96
Economic scale32
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)
39.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability40
Labour stability42
Diversification36
Demographic stability40
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)
74.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
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)
45.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy50.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety67.7
Connectivity48
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
54.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 32%Diversified · HHI 2340
Industry 22%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 32%
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)
€5,227M2023
7.2% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,401M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Population
155,8512025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
34.3% 1y 6.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
66,1002023
0.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€83,5362025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Gross value added
€4,775M2023
8.7% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,775M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,052M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€480M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€294M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€988M
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
29,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,500
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€912M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,528M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,401M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,536
2025 · EU pctl 49
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,024M
2025 · EU pctl 26
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,100
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
4,760
2023 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,820
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
76,400
2025 · EU pctl 30
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,984
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
425
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise deaths
412
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
61,680
2024 · EU pctl 2
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.
601
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,139 kt
2025 · EU pctl 30
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
386
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
98,900
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
34,436
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
22,515
2025 · EU pctl 33
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
1,392
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
2,324
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
3,059 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
152,420
2100 · EU pctl 35
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
78.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
592 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,017 /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)
66 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
15.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.6%
2021 · EU pctl 79
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