NUTS-3 DE934 · Germany
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 67 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 11
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 29
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)
253,685
2024 · EU pctl 15
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.
827
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,778
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
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
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
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
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