NUTS-3 DE40E · Germany
Potsdam-Mittelmark
Potsdam-Mittelmark generates €7.3bn of GDP across 221.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (80th EU percentile) and weakest for health (33.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable49 → 39 EU percentile since 1995 (-11 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Air quality78
Labour market70
Connectivity63
Resilience63
Quality of life57
Governance56
Growth momentum54
Freight intensity46
Cost advantage40
Economic base36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills27
Industrial base14
Demographic outlook12
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.6
Livability56.7
Market access62
Economic scale46
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)
62.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability97
Labour stability27
Diversification56
Demographic stability70
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access48
Market access62
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1012.3 µg/m³
NO24.5 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)
56.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy48
Jobs67
Education44
Health33.5
Safety45.7
Connectivity80
Environment79
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
53.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2212
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 12.3%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 27.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 25%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,257M2023
6.4% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,820M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Population
221,2682025
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
22.6% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
89,4302023
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Productivity / employee
€85,6582025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Gross value added
€6,628M2023
8.0% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,628M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€167M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€814M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€530M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€536M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,843M
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
29,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,000
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)
€1,613M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,656M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,820M
2025 · EU pctl 44
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,658
2025 · EU pctl 54
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,776M
2025 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
89,430
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
10,390
2023 · EU pctl 36
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,500
2023 · EU pctl 20
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
111,800
2025 · EU pctl 46
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,997
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
681
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise deaths
887
2023 · EU pctl 46
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · 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)
954,709
2024 · EU pctl 52
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.
1,594
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,986 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
28 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
720
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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)
135,250
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
55,435
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
30,583
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of total population change
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
1,204
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
2,555
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
2024 · EU pctl 37
Population density (persons per km²)
87 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
177,278
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
283 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
783 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
55 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 22
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 7
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 60
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.5%
2021 · EU pctl 44
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