NUTS-3 DEF08 · Germany
Ostholstein
Export region data (CSV)Ostholstein generates €7.1bn of GDP across 201.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability61.6
Market access50
Economic scale46
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability54
Diversification37
Demographic stability50
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access29
Market access50
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers39
Scientists & engineers50
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)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy62
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety70.3
Connectivity86
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
44.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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: Public · health · education · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2332
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 15.2%Construction 5.1%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.3%Public · health · education 31.2%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,493M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€984M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€332M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,386M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,800
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,300
2023 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,063M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,460M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€61,661M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,646M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,028M
2023 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,790
2023 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
11,240
2023 · EU pctl 39
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,120
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.0%
2019 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,114
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
676
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise deaths
809
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
35
2012 · EU pctl 68
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
171 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,606,972
2024 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · 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.
1,667
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
827
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,808
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
58,331
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
23,333
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
53.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
15.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
1,193
2024 · EU pctl 32
Deaths
3,173
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.2%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
148 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,223 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
42 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
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