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NUTS-3 DE914 · Germany
Gifhorn
Population
175,9432025
GDP
€4,915M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,574.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
52.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€27,938
Population density
112 /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)
€4,490M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€179M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€811M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€542M
GVA — construction (F)
€291M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€602M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,000
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)
€1,545M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,061M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,110
Self-employed persons
5,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,950
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)
4,095
Enterprise births
430
Enterprise deaths
394
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
35
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
201 /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)
296,658
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.
1,406
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
799
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
109,195
Population aged 65+
39,174
Population aged under 15
27,574
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
Live births
1,561
Deaths
2,049
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /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
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
228 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
67 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr