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NUTS-3 DEA57 · Germany
Hochsauerlandkreis
Population
260,8432025
GDP
€11,716M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,973.8 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
61.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€44,916
Population density
132 /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)
€10,702M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€214M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,433M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,957M
GVA — construction (F)
€642M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,746M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,194M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,472M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
152,150
Self-employed persons
12,520
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,090
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,352
Enterprise births
712
Enterprise deaths
761
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
49
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
187 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,569,719
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,471
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
947
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,414
Population aged 65+
62,310
Population aged under 15
35,119
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
Live births
2,097
Deaths
3,322
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.1 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,106 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
256 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
930 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
401 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr