NUTS-3 DE914 · Germany
Gifhorn
Export region data (CSV)Gifhorn generates €4.9bn of GDP across 175.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (84th EU percentile) and weakest for health (32.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability59.4
Market access65
Economic scale30
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)
48.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability69
Labour stability44
Diversification41
Demographic stability41
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
Airport access35
Market access65
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary40
Lifelong learning45
Knowledge workers57
Scientists & engineers76
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)
59.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs59
Education74
Health32.5
Safety63.7
Connectivity84
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 34.4%Diversified · HHI 2307
Agriculture 4%Industry 18.1%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 13.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 34.4%Public · health · education 23.6%
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).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,490M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€179M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€811M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€542M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€291M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€602M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,800
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 33
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€22,342M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,903M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€43,988M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,545M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,061M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,110
2023 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
5,370
2023 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,950
2023 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.6%
2019 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,095
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise births
430
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
394
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
35
2012 · EU pctl 68
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
201 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 74
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
296,658
2024 · EU pctl 18
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
640 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 74 · 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.
1,406
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
799
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
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)
109,195
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
39,174
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
27,574
2025 · EU pctl 41
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 52
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
1,561
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
2,049
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 45
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,055 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
245 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
228 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
67 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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