NUTS-3 DE922 · Germany
Diepholz
Diepholz generates €8.6bn of GDP across 221.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (84th EU percentile) and weakest for health (34.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable56 → 59 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 intensity89
Connectivity75
Resilience63
Quality of life58
Talent & skills58
Economic base57
Governance56
Labour market53
Industrial base50
Growth momentum47
Energy cost36
Cost advantage29
Demographic outlook21
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)
57.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47
Livability57.6
Market access70
Economic scale54
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability45
Diversification86
Demographic stability67
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
Airport access72
Market access70
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary45
Lifelong learning55
Knowledge workers59
Scientists & engineers71
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)
57.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy64
Jobs57
Education68.5
Health34.5
Safety37.3
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
47
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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: Industry · 25.3%Diversified · HHI 2020
Agriculture 5.2%Industry 25.3%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.2%Public · health · education 18.5%
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)
€8,642M2023
8.7% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,403M2025
0.2% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Population
221,2022025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
33.3% 1y 9.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
105,2802023
0.4% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Productivity / employee
€87,5562025
3.3% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€7,893M2023
10.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,893M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€408M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,998M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,357M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€587M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,847M
2023 · EU pctl 60
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,200
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 57
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
2023 · EU pctl 62
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,132M
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,692M
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€55,013M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,594M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,460M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,403M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,556
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,495M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,280
2023 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
10,770
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,260
2023 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.8%
2019 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
113,800
2025 · EU pctl 47
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,224
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
718
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise deaths
744
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 38
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
39.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
684,894
2024 · EU pctl 40
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
584 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · 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.
1,751
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,518 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
792
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
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)
137,046
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
52,622
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
31,534
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 66
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
1,805
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
2,824
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 45
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
197,510
2100 · EU pctl 45
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,044 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
246 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
275 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,018 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · 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)
59 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
109 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.6%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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