NUTS-3 DE923 · Germany
Hameln-Pyrmont
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 65 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
25
2012 · EU pctl 61
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
162 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 67
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)
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 61
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
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
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
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
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