NUTS-3 DE925 · Germany
Hildesheim
Hildesheim generates €9.8bn of GDP across 267.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (68.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (33.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable51 → 52 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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 intensity70
Connectivity62
Industrial base60
Talent & skills58
Demographic outlook56
Governance56
Labour market53
Quality of life51
Resilience47
Economic base47
Energy cost36
Air quality32
Cost advantage29
Growth momentum26
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)
50.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.2
Livability50.5
Market access67
Economic scale59
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability80
Labour stability45
Diversification47
Demographic stability17
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access61
Market access67
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1015.1 µg/m³
NO225.8 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
50.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs57
Education68.5
Health34.5
Safety43.7
Connectivity57
Environment33.7
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
26.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Public · health · education · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2265
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 23.8%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.8%Public · health · education 29.8%
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)
€9,792M2023
8.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,389M2025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Population
267,5062025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
30.0% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
129,6502023
1.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Productivity / employee
€80,5642025
3.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Gross value added
€8,944M2023
10.5% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,944M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€134M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,131M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,755M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — construction (F)
€520M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,545M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
32,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,500
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
€1,949M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,665M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,389M
2025 · EU pctl 58
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,564
2025 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,827M
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour market
Employment, total persons
129,650
2023 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
10,850
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,340
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
138,600
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,238
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
670
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise deaths
744
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 24
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)
478,729
2024 · EU pctl 31
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
584 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,171 kt
2025 · EU pctl 64
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,241
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
464
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
166,923
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
65,097
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged under 15
35,486
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 64
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
2,161
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
3,928
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
223 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
257,072
2100 · EU pctl 57
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
50.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
336 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,130 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
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)
183 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 55
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
26
2024 · EU pctl 97
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
31.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 54
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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