NUTS-3 DE94E · Germany
Osnabrück, Landkreis
Export region data (CSV)Osnabrück, Landkreis generates €14bn of GDP across 354.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (89th EU percentile) and weakest for education (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
65.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.8
Livability58.4
Market access78
Economic scale72
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)
64.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability70
Diversification72
Demographic stability34
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 density89
Airport access64
Market access78
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary41
Lifelong learning27
Knowledge workers33
Scientists & engineers35
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)
58.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63.5
Jobs87.5
Education23
Health35.5
Safety52
Connectivity89
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
53.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 30.9%Diversified · HHI 2127
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 30.9%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.4%Public · health · education 17.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,042M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€506M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,035M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,563M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€1,057M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,460M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,000
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
2023 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€31,047M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,687M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€59,034M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,655M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,329M
2023 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
177,050
2023 · EU pctl 69
Self-employed persons
14,990
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
42,860
2023 · EU pctl 83
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.6%
2019 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,280
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
957
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
994
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
63
2012 · EU pctl 81
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
178 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 70
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.8%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
966,991
2024 · EU pctl 53
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
623 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 66 · 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.
3,274
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
923
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
220,743
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged 65+
81,007
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
53,071
2025 · EU pctl 68
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 54
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
3,161
2024 · EU pctl 72
Deaths
4,395
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
168 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,034 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
197 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
770 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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