NUTS-3 DEA47 · Germany
Paderborn
Paderborn generates €14bn of GDP across 315.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (74th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (40.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader74 → 72 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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)
Connectivity80
Economic base73
Labour market72
Freight intensity67
Industrial base66
Resilience66
Demographic outlook61
Quality of life57
Governance56
Growth momentum50
Talent & skills36
Energy cost36
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)
64.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability57.2
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)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability50
Diversification56
Demographic stability75
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)
79.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access94
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)
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)
57.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy74
Jobs70
Education44.5
Health47
Safety40.7
Connectivity67
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 26.1%Diversified · HHI 2212
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 26.1%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 24.4%
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)
€14,127M2023
8.0% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,906M2025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Population
315,9122025
0.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
8.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
174,1702023
1.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€85,3862025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Gross value added
€12,904M2023
9.6% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
All indicators · 81 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,904M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€189M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,369M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,747M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€725M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,609M
2023 · EU pctl 72
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)
40,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 73
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,900
2023 · EU pctl 75
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)
€2,861M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,151M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,906M
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,386
2025 · EU pctl 54
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,705M
2025 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
174,170
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
13,450
2023 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,660
2023 · EU pctl 75
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)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
178,000
2025 · EU pctl 67
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,560
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
908
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise deaths
878
2023 · EU pctl 46
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 57 · 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 54 · 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)
699,566
2024 · EU pctl 41
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.
1,831
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,464 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
580
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
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)
204,634
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
64,877
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
46,401
2025 · EU pctl 63
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Live births
2,852
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
3,253
2024 · EU pctl 54
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
255 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 71
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
320,140
2100 · EU pctl 67
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,373 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
€0.161/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)
197 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
48.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 27
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