NUTS-3 DE922 · Germany
Diepholz
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 65 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
35
2012 · EU pctl 68
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
165 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
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
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.
1,757
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
794
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 58
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
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
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
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