NUTS-3 DE916 · Germany
Goslar
Goslar generates €4.7bn of GDP across 126.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (92.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (32.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable49 → 54 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Air quality92
Freight intensity83
Industrial base64
Quality of life63
Labour market57
Governance56
Connectivity55
Demographic outlook55
Talent & skills55
Economic base48
Resilience38
Energy cost36
Cost advantage35
Growth momentum30
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)
45.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.2
Livability63.4
Market access62
Economic scale28
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)
37.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability44
Diversification42
Demographic stability3
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access25
Market access62
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
92.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.8 µg/m³
PM109.7 µg/m³
NO24.8 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
63.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy56.5
Jobs59
Education74
Health32.5
Safety50.3
Connectivity79
Environment92.7
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
30.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
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: Public · health · education · 28.4%Diversified · HHI 2297
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 25.5%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.1%Public · health · education 28.4%
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)
€4,681M2023
4.2% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,049M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Population
126,7752025
0.7% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
17.6% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
62,1302023
0.9% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Productivity / employee
€81,0422025
3.3% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Gross value added
€4,276M2023
5.7% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,276M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€65M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,092M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€879M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — construction (F)
€183M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€777M
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
32,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 48
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,600
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
€945M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,213M
2023 · EU pctl 39
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,049M
2025 · EU pctl 29
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,042
2025 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,195M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,130
2023 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
6,470
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,990
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
63,000
2025 · EU pctl 22
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,336
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
319
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
367
2023 · EU pctl 18
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 13
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)
2,291,180
2024 · EU pctl 73
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.
907
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,982 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
715
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
76,180
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
36,081
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
14,514
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
17.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
818
2024 · EU pctl 18
Deaths
2,202
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.4%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
133 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
115,817
2100 · EU pctl 23
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
282 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,184 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
578 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 5
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 8
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
68
2024 · EU pctl 92
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
30.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 4
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