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NUTS-3 DEF05 · Germany
Dithmarschen
Population
133,4602025
GDP
€6,086M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,420.7 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
46.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€45,602
Population density
94 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 67 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,559M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,985M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,149M
GVA — construction (F)
€319M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€869M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€970M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,168M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
63,660
Self-employed persons
7,030
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,340
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,348
Enterprise births
461
Enterprise deaths
433
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
42 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,011,217
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,074
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
805
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,190
Population aged 65+
35,084
Population aged under 15
17,186
Median age of population
50.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
Live births
899
Deaths
1,925
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
96 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
283 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,123 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr