NUTS-3 DEF07 · Germany
Nordfriesland
Export region data (CSV)Nordfriesland generates €7.8bn of GDP across 170k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability61.4
Market access45
Economic scale50
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)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability54
Diversification80
Demographic stability73
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
Airport access7
Market access45
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1014.1 µg/m³
NO23.3 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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy77.5
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety42.7
Connectivity93
Environment65.3
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
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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: Public · health · education · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2076
Agriculture 4%Industry 18.6%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.9%Public · health · education 26.4%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,138M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,329M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€608M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€521M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,409M
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
41,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,100
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)
€1,707M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,887M
2023 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,470
2023 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
11,690
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,440
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
9,666
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise births
752
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
785
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 40
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 28
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 32
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)
9,710,803
2024 · EU pctl 94
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.
1,788
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,052
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
123
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
104,445
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
43,601
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
21,983
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
1,188
2024 · EU pctl 32
Deaths
2,285
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
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
1.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
275 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,124 /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)
6 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 42
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 94
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