NUTS-3 DE933 · Germany
Harburg
Export region data (CSV)Harburg generates €8.0bn of GDP across 265.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (75.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.8
Livability51.1
Market access69
Economic scale51
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)
72.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability67
Diversification41
Demographic stability89
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density72
Airport access70
Market access69
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary14
Lifelong learning26
Knowledge workers34
Scientists & engineers49
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)
51.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety37.3
Connectivity72
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
65.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2305
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 9.4%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 29.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.3%Public · health · education 22%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,305M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€142M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — industry (B–E)
€685M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€506M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€691M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,187M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,400
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,300
2023 · EU pctl 38
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,211M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,011M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,992M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,608M
2023 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
104,890
2023 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
13,630
2023 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,470
2023 · EU pctl 20
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,445
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
937
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
943
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
49
2012 · EU pctl 76
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
197 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 73
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
751,893
2024 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
653 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · 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.
1,698
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
639
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
166,299
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
61,436
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged under 15
38,129
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
2,102
2024 · EU pctl 55
Deaths
3,028
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
214 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.1%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,033 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
242 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
297 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
973 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
47 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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