NUTS-3 DED43 · Germany
Population
296,4312025
GDP
€10,032M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,116 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DED43 · DED2F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mittelsachsen (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (47). Contrarian pick: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 92).
Why you might not pick Mittelsachsen
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 17) — Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mittelsachsen · Manufacturing → Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge · Office → Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge · Residential → Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
47.6
46.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.8
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.4
60.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
77.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.3
73.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.0
48.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
17.0
29.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
15.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,844
€28,632
Population density
140 /km²
148 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,164M
€6,381M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€273M
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,574M
€1,585M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,256M
€1,388M
GVA — construction (F)
€738M
€606M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,601M
€945M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,000 PPS
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
€28,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,850M
€12,678M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,837M
€2,549M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,479M
€35,145M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,640M
€1,141M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,337M
€1,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,627M
€5,911M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,453
€72,107
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,228M
€1,419M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
135,220
102,740
Self-employed persons
13,010
10,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,940
21,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
83.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.4%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,500
114,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,437
8,993
Enterprise births
561
502
Enterprise deaths
756
688
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.3%
36.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.1%
40.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
9.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
531,357
1,847,761
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
533 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,439 kt
6,585 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,867
2,412
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
967
989
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
169,639
140,262
Population aged 65+
88,666
70,450
Population aged under 15
38,126
33,284
Median age of population
52.0 yrs
51.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.3%
50.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
1,673
1,276
Deaths
4,578
3,497
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.7%
74.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
149 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
272,052
224,054
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.6%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.2%
14.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,211 /100k
1,076 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.1 /100k
20.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
281 /100k
240 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
587 /100k
625 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
339 m
262 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr