NUTS-3 DE93A · Germany
Uelzen
Uelzen generates €3.5bn of GDP across 91.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for education (30.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable45 → 54 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Freight intensity95
Air quality80
Labour market72
Resilience64
Connectivity59
Quality of life59
Governance56
Growth momentum53
Economic base53
Energy cost36
Talent & skills31
Industrial base24
Cost advantage22
Demographic outlook19
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)
48.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.2
Livability59.3
Market access64
Economic scale19
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)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability66
Diversification78
Demographic stability35
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access26
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary14
Lifelong learning26
Knowledge workers34
Scientists & engineers49
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)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58 µg/m³
PM1011.3 µg/m³
NO23.8 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)
59.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy65.5
Jobs75.5
Education30.5
Health38
Safety36
Connectivity88
Environment81.7
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
53.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2091
Agriculture 6.4%Industry 17.1%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 29.9%
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)
€3,452M2023
6.1% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,911M2025
0.2% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Population
91,6382025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
32.0% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
43,3902023
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Productivity / employee
€85,1282025
3.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Gross value added
€3,153M2023
7.6% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,153M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€203M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — industry (B–E)
€538M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€349M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — construction (F)
€193M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€576M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,400
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
2023 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,211M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,011M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€701M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€942M
2023 · EU pctl 29
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,911M
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,128
2025 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€906M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,390
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
4,650
2023 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,640
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,100
2025 · EU pctl 11
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,858
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
224
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
290
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 24
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
376,003
2024 · EU pctl 25
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
653 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · 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.
787
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,638 kt
2025 · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
859
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
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)
55,645
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
24,215
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
11,778
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude death rate
16.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Live births
665
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
1,466
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.7%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
63 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
77,991
2100 · EU pctl 12
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,033 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
242 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
304 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,344 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
49 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 13
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 4
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 65
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 19
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