NUTS-3 DE93B · Germany
Verden
Export region data (CSV)Verden generates €5.3bn of GDP across 138.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (83th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48
Livability56.7
Market access68
Economic scale33
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)
73.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability66
Diversification76
Demographic stability57
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)
76.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access79
Market access68
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)
56.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy67
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety46.3
Connectivity83
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
48
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 24.8%Diversified · HHI 2101
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 23%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 24.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.8%Public · health · education 20.6%
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)
€4,877M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,123M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€905M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — construction (F)
€353M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,208M
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
34,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
€1,061M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,005M
2023 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,180
2023 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
5,630
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,270
2023 · EU pctl 36
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,774
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise births
455
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
410
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 37
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
21
2012 · EU pctl 56
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
157 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
331,260
2024 · EU pctl 20
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.
1,099
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
793
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
84,867
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged 65+
32,697
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
21,062
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
1,198
2024 · EU pctl 32
Deaths
1,715
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
177 /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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
348 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,058 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
10 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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