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NUTS-3 DE917 · Germany
Helmstedt
Population
90,2272025
GDP
€2,516M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
674.6 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
45.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€27,889
Population density
134 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 65 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,298M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€72M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€464M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€200M
GVA — construction (F)
€109M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€412M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€580M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€662M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,480
Self-employed persons
2,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,180
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,968
Enterprise births
194
Enterprise deaths
232
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
89 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
118,698
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
462
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
512
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
55,428
Population aged 65+
22,311
Population aged under 15
12,488
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
Live births
689
Deaths
1,352
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
993 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
100 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr