NUTS-3 DE936 · Germany
Osterholz
Export region data (CSV)Osterholz generates €3.1bn of GDP across 113.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability54.2
Market access66
Economic scale16
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)
66.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability66
Diversification74
Demographic stability41
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)
76.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access82
Market access66
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)
54.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy49
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety51
Connectivity81
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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: Public · health · education · 28.6%Diversified · HHI 2115
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 16.2%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 28.6%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,847M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€461M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€336M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — construction (F)
€236M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€545M
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
24,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,400
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
€691M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€813M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,770
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
5,650
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,870
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,688
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise births
289
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise deaths
317
2023 · EU pctl 14
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 43
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
10
2012 · EU pctl 40
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
90 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 50
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)
162,463
2024 · EU pctl 9
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.
857
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
754
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
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)
68,849
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged 65+
28,258
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged under 15
16,491
2025 · EU pctl 21
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
794
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
1,439
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
176 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 61
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
665 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
42 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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