| indicator | year | |
| number of inhabitants | year 2009 | 7 947 244 |
| area in square km | year 2008 | 47 641 |
| Population density | year 2007 | 167 |
| GDP per capita in PPS of EU average | year 2007 | 102 |
| Unemployment rate | year 2008 | 7,10 |
| unemployment rage, male | year 2008 | 7,20 |
| unemployment rate, female | year 2008 | 7,00 |
| Gender difference in unemployment | year 2008 | 0,20 |
| Employment rate | year 2008 | 55,40 |
| employment rate, male | year 2008 | 62,70 |
| employment rate, female | year 2008 | 48,60 |
| Gender gap in employment rate | year 2008 | 12,70 |
| Life long learning participation | year 2008 | 6,90 |
| Distance from Bratislava | 751 km | |
| Distance from Košice | 962 km |
| value added in euro | year 2007 | 185 742 | 100% |
| value added in agriculture in euro | year 2007 | 3 114 | 1,68% |
| value added in industry in euro | year 2007 | 48 204 | 25,95% |
| value added in services in euro | year 2007 | 35 460 | 19,09% |
| value added in financial services in euro | year 2007 | 47 314 | 25,47% |
| value added in public services in euro | year 2007 | 43 744 | 23,55% |
| employed in sectors | year 2007 | 3 613 | 100% |
| employed in agriculture | year 2007 | 117 | 3,22% |
| employed in industry | year 2007 | 880 | 24,35% |
| employed in services | year 2007 | 948 | 26,24% |
| employed in financial services | year 2007 | 529 | 14,63% |
| employed in public services | year 2007 | 1 140 | 31,55% |
| Employment by education | year 2008 | 3 181 | 100% |
| Employment, primary education | year 2008 | 366 | 11,52% |
| Employment, secondary education | year 2008 | 2 046 | 64,31% |
| Employment, tertiary education | year 2008 | 764 | 24,02% |
Source: Eurostat
sub regions NIEDERSACHSEN : Braunschweig, Hannover, Lüneburg and Weser-Ems
other regions in Germany : Baden-Würtenberg, BAYERN, Berlin, BRANDENBURG, Bremen, Hamburg, HESSEN, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, NIEDERSACHSEN, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, SAARLAND, SACHSEN, SACHSEN-ANHALT, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN and THÜRINGEN
Neighbouring regions: BRANDENBURG, Bremen, Hamburg, HESSEN, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, SACHSEN-ANHALT, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, THÜRINGEN, NOORD-NEDERLAND and OOST-NEDERLAND