NUTS-3 DE40B · Germany
Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Export region data (CSV)Oberspreewald-Lausitz generates €3.8bn of GDP across 107.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (73th EU percentile) and weakest for health (33.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
38
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23
Livability56
Market access51
Economic scale22
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability26
Diversification74
Demographic stability29
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
Airport access46
Market access51
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy51.5
Jobs67
Education44
Health33.5
Safety67
Connectivity73
Environment—
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
23
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Industry · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2113
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 27.1%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.9%Public · health · education 23.6%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,491M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€60M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€947M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€588M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€330M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€637M
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
31,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€693M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€824M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,990
2023 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
4,500
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,000
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
3,120
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise births
165
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
231
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 25
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 34
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)
923,257
2024 · EU pctl 51
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.
706
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
655
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
61,653
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
33,089
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
13,051
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
53.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 98
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
53.7%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
16.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
573
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
1,769
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.8%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 37
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
789 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
141 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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