NUTS-3 DE934 · Germany
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Lüchow-Dannenberg generates €1.6bn of GDP across 46.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (99th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 45 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Air quality78
Labour market72
Industrial base69
Quality of life60
Connectivity56
Governance56
Resilience56
Freight intensity52
Growth momentum41
Economic base40
Demographic outlook39
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Cost advantage22
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)
40.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.8
Livability59.5
Market access57
Economic scale5
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)
55.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability66
Diversification83
Demographic stability12
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access13
Market access57
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
78.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.7 µg/m³
PM1011.7 µg/m³
NO26.5 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)
59.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety35.3
Connectivity99
Environment79.3
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
40.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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: Industry · 26.5%Diversified · HHI 2044
Agriculture 9%Industry 26.5%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 14.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 25.3%
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)
€1,605M2023
8.0% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,354M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Population
46,5022025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
23.1% 1y 9.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
21,1402023
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Productivity / employee
€81,2592025
3.3% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Gross value added
€1,466M2023
9.6% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,466M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€133M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€389M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€322M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€74M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
30,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 40
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
€283M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€371M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,354M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,259
2025 · EU pctl 44
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€421M
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
21,140
2023 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
2,700
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,460
2023 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
21,700
2025 · EU pctl 2
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,706
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
122
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
150
2023 · EU pctl 3
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · 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)
253,685
2024 · EU pctl 15
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
653 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,353 kt
2025 · EU pctl 7
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
842
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,811
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
105
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,813
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
13,917
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
5,772
2025 · EU pctl 2
Median age of population
53.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.9%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
18.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Live births
287
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
844
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.4%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
38 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,197
2100 · EU pctl 3
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
2.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
944 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
14 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 17
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 13
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 72
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.1%
2021 · EU pctl 73
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