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NUTS-3 DED21 · Germany
Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Population
564,9042025
GDP
€28,833M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
329.3 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
59.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
31.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.8

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€51,041
Population density
1,716 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 67 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,336M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€20M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,641M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,827M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,219M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,631M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,678M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,549M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,145M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,401M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,424M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
350,030
Self-employed persons
23,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,920
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.8%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,733
Enterprise births
1,398
Enterprise deaths
1,632
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
116
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
219 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,606,893
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
533 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,943
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
344
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
362,878
Population aged 65+
123,808
Population aged under 15
78,218
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
Live births
4,097
Deaths
5,860
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
1,741 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,076 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
74.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
843 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,802 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
112 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr