NUTS-3 DEA56 · Germany
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis generates €11bn of GDP across 314.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (72th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable58 → 51 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Connectivity81
Industrial base80
Air quality64
Governance56
Quality of life51
Economic base46
Demographic outlook44
Resilience43
Labour market42
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills28
Freight intensity25
Growth momentum24
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)
59.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24.2
Livability51.4
Market access96
Economic scale65
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability83
Labour stability43
Diversification31
Demographic stability16
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)
81.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density72
Airport access76
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
63.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1012.2 µg/m³
NO211.6 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)
51.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy55
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety59.3
Connectivity72
Environment64.7
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
24.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Industry · 29.2%Diversified · HHI 2376
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 29.2%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.9%Public · health · education 25.6%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€11,342M2023
2.7% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,549M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Population
314,1672025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
30.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
148,6302023
0.7% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Productivity / employee
€80,6032025
3.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Gross value added
€10,360M2023
4.2% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,360M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,021M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,686M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€403M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,881M
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
32,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 46
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,000
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
€2,374M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,652M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,549M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,603
2025 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,221M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,630
2023 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
13,050
2023 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,400
2023 · EU pctl 75
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)
149,400
2025 · EU pctl 59
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,726
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
956
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
943
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
292,028
2024 · EU pctl 17
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.
1,982
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,711 kt
2025 · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
631
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
193,505
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged 65+
78,569
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
42,093
2025 · EU pctl 59
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
-2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
2,458
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
4,427
2024 · EU pctl 70
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
773 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 87
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
290,415
2100 · EU pctl 63
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 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
372 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
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)
212 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 21
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 14
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
39.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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