NUTS-3 DEF05 · Germany
Dithmarschen
Export region data (CSV)Dithmarschen generates €6.1bn of GDP across 133.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (84th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability55.5
Market access50
Economic scale39
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability54
Diversification39
Demographic stability47
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
Airport access25
Market access50
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers39
Scientists & engineers50
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)
55.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy77.5
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety53.7
Connectivity84
Environment22
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
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 35.7%Diversified · HHI 2318
Agriculture 4.5%Industry 35.7%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 15.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.5%Public · health · education 21%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,559M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,985M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,149M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€319M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€869M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,800
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,700
2023 · EU pctl 77
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,063M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,460M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€61,661M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€970M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,168M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Labour market
Employment, total persons
63,660
2023 · EU pctl 25
Self-employed persons
7,030
2023 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,340
2023 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.0%
2019 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,348
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise births
461
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
433
2023 · EU pctl 23
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 29
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 35
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · 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)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,011,217
2024 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · 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.
1,074
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
805
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,190
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged 65+
35,084
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
17,186
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
50.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 85
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
899
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,925
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.4%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
96 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
283 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,123 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 36
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