NUTS-3 DE917 · Germany
Helmstedt
Helmstedt generates €2.5bn of GDP across 90.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.0%/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 stable34 → 32 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)
Freight intensity88
Labour market57
Governance56
Talent & skills55
Growth momentum53
Quality of life53
Resilience50
Connectivity48
Energy cost36
Cost advantage35
Demographic outlook26
Economic base21
Industrial base16
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)
45.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.2
Livability53
Market access63
Economic scale11
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)
49.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability70
Labour stability44
Diversification54
Demographic stability31
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access21
Market access63
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)
53
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs59
Education74
Health32.5
Safety48.3
Connectivity61
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
53.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 28.8%Diversified · HHI 2226
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 20.2%Construction 4.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 28.8%
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)
€2,516M2023
8.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,176M2025
0.2% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Population
90,2272025
0.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
18.2% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
32,4802023
1.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Productivity / employee
€83,3242025
3.3% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€2,298M2023
10.2% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,298M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€72M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — industry (B–E)
€464M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€200M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€109M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€412M
2023 · EU pctl 11
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)
24,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,700
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)
€580M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€662M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,176M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,324
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€642M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,480
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
2,760
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,180
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
45,900
2025 · EU pctl 12
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,968
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
194
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
232
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
118,698
2024 · EU pctl 5
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.
456
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,684 kt
2025 · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
505
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
87
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
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)
55,428
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
22,311
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged under 15
12,488
2025 · EU pctl 12
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
689
2024 · EU pctl 14
Deaths
1,352
2024 · EU pctl 16
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
78,562
2100 · EU pctl 13
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
993 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
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)
100 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.4%
2021 · EU pctl 11
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