NUTS-3 DE914 · Germany
Gifhorn
Gifhorn generates €4.9bn of GDP across 175.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.5/100 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 education (74th EU percentile) and weakest for health (32.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable31 → 33 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Connectivity58
Quality of life58
Demographic outlook57
Labour market57
Governance56
Talent & skills55
Growth momentum54
Resilience49
Energy cost36
Cost advantage35
Freight intensity31
Industrial base28
Economic base21
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability57.5
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)
57.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
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)
57.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs59
Education74
Health32.5
Safety63.7
Connectivity73
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€4,915M2023
4.1% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,251M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Population
175,9432025
0.0% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
14.7% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
61,1102023
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Productivity / employee
€86,5162025
3.3% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Gross value added
€4,490M2023
5.6% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
All indicators · 81 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,251M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,516
2025 · EU pctl 57
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,254M
2025 · EU pctl 33
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
90,400
2025 · EU pctl 37
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 96 · 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.
1,114
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,637 kt
2025 · EU pctl 25
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
633
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,382
2100 · EU pctl 40
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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
21.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 18
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