NUTS-3 DE407 · Germany
Elbe-Elster
Export region data (CSV)Elbe-Elster generates €3.3bn of GDP across 98k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (90th EU percentile) and weakest for health (33.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
41.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability54.1
Market access56
Economic scale17
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability27
Diversification50
Demographic stability13
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)
63.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access45
Market access56
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary17
Lifelong learning10
Knowledge workers43
Scientists & engineers38
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.6 µg/m³
PM1014.6 µg/m³
NO28.3 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
54.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy48
Jobs67
Education44
Health33.5
Safety42
Connectivity90
Environment54
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 30%Diversified · HHI 2251
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 28.3%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 13.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.5%Public · health · education 30%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,979M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€842M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€513M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€204M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€400M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,000
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,900
2023 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€23,042M
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,607M
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€47,281M
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€522M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€895M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,250
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
4,810
2023 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,250
2023 · EU pctl 23
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.3%
2019 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,409
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise births
166
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
238
2023 · EU pctl 9
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 31
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 42
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
145,653
2024 · EU pctl 7
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
584 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · 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.
921
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
940
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
55,972
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
30,223
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged under 15
11,772
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
54.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude death rate
18.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Live births
516
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
1,767
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,113 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
245 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
860 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
152 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 48
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 22
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 63
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