NUTS-3 DE40C · Germany
Oder-Spree
Export region data (CSV)Oder-Spree generates €7.5bn of GDP across 179.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (79th EU percentile) and weakest for health (33.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.8
Livability57.1
Market access52
Economic scale47
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability27
Diversification33
Demographic stability52
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access50
Market access52
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
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.8 µg/m³
PM1015.2 µg/m³
NO26.6 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)
57.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy62
Jobs67
Education44
Health33.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity79
Environment53.7
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
60.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+4.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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 · 36.1%Diversified · HHI 2358
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 36.1%Construction 10%Trade · transport · ICT 14.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.9%Public · health · education 22.3%
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)
€6,828M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€96M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,462M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,063M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€681M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€978M
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
37,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
€1,088M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,524M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,030
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
7,780
2023 · EU pctl 27
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,530
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
6,013
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
390
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
559
2023 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
40 /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)
1,180,437
2024 · EU pctl 57
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.
1,301
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
724
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
54
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
105,439
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
51,298
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
23,080
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
-3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
15.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
989
2024 · EU pctl 24
Deaths
2,719
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 33
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
46.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,120 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
61 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
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 56
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 13
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 61
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