NUTS-3 DE912 · Germany
Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt
Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.9bn of GDP across 105k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown -0.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (77th EU percentile) and weakest for health (32.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader88 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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)
Industrial base99
Economic base89
Freight intensity86
Demographic outlook66
Air quality66
Energy cost62
Quality of life57
Labour market57
Governance56
Talent & skills55
Connectivity53
Growth momentum39
Cost advantage35
Resilience27
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)
49.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.6
Livability57.2
Market access64
Economic scale37
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)
26.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability45
Diversification1
Demographic stability53
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access45
Market access64
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary40
Lifelong learning45
Knowledge workers57
Scientists & engineers76
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)
65.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO29.9 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)
57.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy77
Jobs59
Education74
Health32.5
Safety41
Connectivity49
Environment67.7
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
38.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-2.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-4.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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 · 59%Concentrated · HHI 3968
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 59%Construction 2.8%Trade · transport · ICT 11.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.7%Public · health · education 14.4%
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)
€5,870M2023
3.8% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,077M2025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
104,9702025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
11.4% 1y 12.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
58,6202023
1.5% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Productivity / employee
€107,7032025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Gross value added
€5,362M2023
5.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,362M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€20M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,162M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,881M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€152M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€626M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,800
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,000
2023 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€22,342M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,903M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€43,988M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€629M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€774M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,077M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€107,703
2025 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,498M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
58,620
2023 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
3,110
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,250
2023 · EU pctl 64
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.6%
2019 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
53,600
2025 · EU pctl 17
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,175
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise births
213
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
220
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 12
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
200,124
2025 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
640 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 74 · 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.
416
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,300 kt
2025 · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
396
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
64,710
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
23,993
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged under 15
16,267
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Live births
983
2024 · EU pctl 24
Deaths
1,434
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
475 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
106,347
2100 · EU pctl 20
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,055 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
245 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
53.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
285 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,078 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
150 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 32
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 56
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 6
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