
| indicator | year | |
| number of inhabitants | year 2009 | 1 696 643 |
| area in square km | year 2008 | 15 508 |
| Population density | year 2007 | 110 |
| GDP per capita in PPS of EU average | year 2007 | 83,70 |
| Unemployment rate | year 2008 | 6,20 |
| unemployment rage, male | year 2008 | 6,30 |
| unemployment rate, female | year 2008 | 6,20 |
| Gender difference in unemployment | year 2008 | 0,10 |
| Employment rate | year 2008 | 56,70 |
| employment rate, male | year 2008 | 64,00 |
| employment rate, female | year 2008 | 49,90 |
| Gender gap in employment rate | year 2008 | 12,80 |
| Life long learning participation | year 2008 | 6,70 |
| Distance from Bratislava | 750 km | |
| Distance from Košice | 945 km |
| value added in euro | year 2007 | 32 467 | 100% |
| value added in agriculture in euro | year 2007 | 864 | 2,66% |
| value added in industry in euro | year 2007 | 5 602 | 17,26% |
| value added in services in euro | year 2007 | 7 572 | 23,32% |
| value added in financial services in euro | year 2007 | 7 839 | 24,14% |
| value added in public services in euro | year 2007 | 8 764 | 26,99% |
| employed in sectors | year 2007 | 662 | 100% |
| employed in agriculture | year 2007 | 32,50 | 4,91% |
| employed in industry | year 2007 | 142 | 21,45% |
| employed in services | year 2007 | 187 | 28,19% |
| employed in financial services | year 2007 | 75,90 | 11,46% |
| employed in public services | year 2007 | 225 | 34,00% |
| Employment by education | year 2008 | 687 | 100% |
| Employment, primary education | year 2008 | 80,20 | 11,68% |
| Employment, secondary education | year 2008 | 457 | 66,49% |
| Employment, tertiary education | year 2008 | 148 | 21,59% |
Source: Eurostat
sub regions Lüneburg : Celle, Cuxhaven, Harburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lüneburg, Landkreis, Osterholz, Rotenburg (Wümme), Soltau-Fallingbostel, Stade, Uelzen and Verden
other regions in NIEDERSACHSEN : Braunschweig, Hannover, Lüneburg and Weser-Ems
Neighbouring regions: Brandenburg - Nordost, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Braunschweig, Hannover, Weser-Ems, SACHSEN-ANHALT and Schleswig-Holstein