NUTS-3 DE926 · Germany
Holzminden
Export region data (CSV)Holzminden generates €2.8bn of GDP across 65.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (73th EU percentile) and weakest for health (34.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth22.6
Livability56.9
Market access68
Economic scale13
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)
27.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability45
Diversification7
Demographic stability3
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
Airport access55
Market access68
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)
56.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs57
Education68.5
Health34.5
Safety39.7
Connectivity73
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
22.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
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 · 44.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2838
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 44.7%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 12.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 19.6%
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)
€2,558M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€56M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,144M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,065M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€117M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€309M
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
37,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 66
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,300
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
€431M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€501M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,700
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
3,320
2023 · EU pctl 5
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,100
2023 · EU pctl 29
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)
2,022
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
143
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise deaths
181
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
31
2012 · EU pctl 66
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
423 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 94
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)
196,571
2024 · EU pctl 11
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.
425
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
648
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
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)
39,164
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
17,884
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
8,533
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
17.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
478
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
1,126
2024 · EU pctl 11
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.5%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
228 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
825 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
299 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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