NUTS-3 DE93B · Germany
Verden
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 (84th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller71 → 58 EU percentile since 1995 (-13 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)
Connectivity77
Resilience74
Labour market72
Freight intensity72
Quality of life57
Economic base56
Industrial base56
Governance56
Growth momentum48
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Demographic outlook29
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)
51.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability56.9
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density84
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)
56.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy67
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety46.3
Connectivity84
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
47.8
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€5,339M2023
2.9% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,502M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Population
138,6262025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
23.1% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
69,1802023
0.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Productivity / employee
€82,5812025
3.3% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Gross value added
€4,877M2023
4.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
All indicators · 80 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,502M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,581
2025 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,401M
2025 · EU pctl 38
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
68,800
2025 · EU pctl 25
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
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)
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.
1,106
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,443 kt
2025 · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
798
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
125,030
2100 · EU pctl 27
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
14.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.3%
2021 · EU pctl 75
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