NUTS-3 DE927 · Germany
Nienburg (Weser)
Export region data (CSV)Nienburg (Weser) generates €4.7bn of GDP across 121.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92th EU percentile) and weakest for health (34.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32.6
Livability58.5
Market access70
Economic scale28
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)
62.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability45
Diversification84
Demographic stability45
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access70
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)
58.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs57
Education68.5
Health34.5
Safety35.7
Connectivity92
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
32.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 27%Diversified · HHI 2042
Agriculture 5.2%Industry 23.2%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.9%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)
€4,264M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€223M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — industry (B–E)
€991M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€662M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — construction (F)
€312M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€783M
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
34,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
€805M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,150M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,160
2023 · EU pctl 23
Self-employed persons
6,140
2023 · EU pctl 19
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,590
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
3,890
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise births
309
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
354
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
57 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 40
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)
238,609
2024 · EU pctl 14
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.
1,223
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,007
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
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)
75,427
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
28,805
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged under 15
17,236
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
923
2024 · EU pctl 22
Deaths
1,694
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
88 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
401 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
967 /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)
25 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Germany regions