NUTS-3 DEA46 · Germany
Minden-Lübbecke
Minden-Lübbecke generates €15bn of GDP across 320.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (75.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (37.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader84 → 77 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Industrial base77
Economic base76
Labour market72
Resilience66
Connectivity63
Energy cost62
Freight intensity59
Quality of life58
Governance56
Growth momentum39
Talent & skills36
Demographic outlook26
Cost advantage25
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)
61.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39
Livability58.2
Market access75
Economic scale74
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability49
Diversification49
Demographic stability81
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access39
Market access75
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary27
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers34
Scientists & engineers46
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)
58.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy75.5
Jobs70
Education45
Health47
Safety37.7
Connectivity74
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
39
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 28.2%Diversified · HHI 2256
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 28.2%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.7%Public · health · education 23.6%
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)
€14,854M2023
1.5% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,518M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Population
320,5572025
0.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
2.9% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
174,6502023
0.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€89,5332025
3.3% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Gross value added
€13,568M2023
3.0% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,568M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€168M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,820M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,364M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€777M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,378M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 76
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
2023 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€18,145M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€5,057M
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€52,413M
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,220M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,205M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,518M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,533
2025 · EU pctl 64
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,844M
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
174,650
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
13,110
2023 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,200
2023 · EU pctl 80
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.8%
2018 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
173,200
2025 · EU pctl 66
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,726
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
802
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
921
2023 · EU pctl 47
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · 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)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
532,231
2025 · EU pctl 33
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
632 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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.
2,068
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,457 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
645
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
199,136
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
74,211
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged under 15
47,210
2025 · EU pctl 64
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 50
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
2,718
2024 · EU pctl 67
Deaths
4,158
2024 · EU pctl 66
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
282 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
304,840
2100 · EU pctl 66
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,001 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
246 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,057 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
57 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
43.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.0%
2021 · EU pctl 50
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