NUTS-3 DEF0F · Germany
Stormarn
Stormarn generates €10bn of GDP across 247k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (73th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller78 → 65 EU percentile since 1995 (-12 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
Industrial base67
Economic base66
Labour market65
Quality of life62
Resilience60
Governance56
Freight intensity42
Growth momentum41
Energy cost36
Talent & skills36
Demographic outlook20
Cost advantage20
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)
58
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.2
Livability61.6
Market access67
Economic scale62
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability54
Diversification50
Demographic stability58
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 density73
Airport access83
Market access67
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)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety72.3
Connectivity73
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
41.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 28.2%Diversified · HHI 2251
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 23.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 28.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.1%Public · health · education 18.3%
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)
€10,457M2023
2.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,660M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Population
246,9742025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
121,6902023
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Productivity / employee
€92,1522025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Gross value added
€9,551M2023
3.8% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,551M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€74M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,234M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,042M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — construction (F)
€595M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,696M
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
37,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 66
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,500
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
€2,203M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,749M
2023 · EU pctl 55
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,660M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,152
2025 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,349M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,690
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
12,250
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,000
2023 · EU pctl 56
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
127,500
2025 · EU pctl 51
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,693
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
917
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise deaths
986
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
368,785
2024 · EU pctl 24
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.
1,588
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,266 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
35 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
643
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
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)
151,881
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
59,274
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
35,819
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of total population change
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
1,747
2024 · EU pctl 47
Deaths
3,088
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
323 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
203,824
2100 · EU pctl 47
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,088 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · 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)
41 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 62
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 20
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