NUTS-3 DE923 · Germany
Hameln-Pyrmont
Hameln-Pyrmont generates €5.9bn of GDP across 150.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (85th EU percentile) and weakest for health (34.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller75 → 60 EU percentile since 1995 (-15 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)
Connectivity72
Industrial base71
Quality of life62
Talent & skills58
Economic base57
Governance56
Labour market53
Resilience52
Freight intensity47
Energy cost36
Cost advantage29
Growth momentum27
Demographic outlook13
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)
49.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability62.3
Market access70
Economic scale37
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability45
Diversification35
Demographic stability57
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density85
Airport access62
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)
62.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy64
Jobs57
Education68.5
Health34.5
Safety64.7
Connectivity85
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
27.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 28.3%Diversified · HHI 2349
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 28.3%Construction 4.7%Trade · transport · ICT 13.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.6%Public · health · education 27%
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)
€5,905M2023
6.8% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,059M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
150,2032025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
25.8% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
72,4502023
1.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Productivity / employee
€86,9462025
3.3% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Gross value added
€5,394M2023
8.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,394M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,528M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,229M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€255M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€731M
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
34,900 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)
€1,329M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,457M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,059M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,946
2025 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,705M
2025 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,450
2023 · EU pctl 30
Self-employed persons
7,080
2023 · EU pctl 24
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,160
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,200
2025 · EU pctl 29
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,898
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise births
385
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
454
2023 · EU pctl 24
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
564,448
2024 · EU pctl 35
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.
1,217
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,082 kt
2025 · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
810
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
90,557
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
39,286
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
20,360
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
15.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
1,279
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
2,350
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
189 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
129,520
2100 · EU pctl 28
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
202 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
966 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
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)
78 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.8%
2021 · EU pctl 80
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