NUTS-3 DEC01 · Germany
Regionalverband Saarbrücken
Regionalverband Saarbrücken generates €17bn of GDP across 333.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (71th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader88 → 83 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Economic base85
Connectivity59
Air quality57
Governance56
Industrial base51
Quality of life51
Resilience49
Labour market48
Cost advantage48
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook28
Talent & skills24
Growth momentum23
Freight intensity23
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)
56
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.2
Livability50.8
Market access72
Economic scale78
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)
48.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability50
Diversification26
Demographic stability61
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access34
Market access72
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary12
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers27
Scientists & engineers27
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)
57
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1012.2 µg/m³
NO214.7 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)
50.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy68.5
Jobs52
Education37
Health22.5
Safety46.3
Connectivity71
Environment58
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
23.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 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: Public · health · education · 29.3%Diversified · HHI 2415
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 22.2%Construction 2.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 29.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€17,114M2023
7.4% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€14,211M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
333,1492025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
13.9% 1y 17.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
210,0302023
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Productivity / employee
€85,6732025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Gross value added
€15,632M2023
9.0% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,632M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,467M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,694M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€404M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,276M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,000
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,600
2023 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,110M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,529M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,975M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,886M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,581M
2023 · EU pctl 85
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,211M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,673
2025 · EU pctl 55
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,327M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
210,030
2023 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
13,580
2023 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,480
2023 · EU pctl 69
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
170,200
2025 · EU pctl 65
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,395
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
1,148
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise deaths
1,247
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
782,495
2024 · EU pctl 46
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
646 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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.
2,042
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,796 kt
2025 · EU pctl 42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
94 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
613
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
209,500
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
80,050
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
43,599
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
2,738
2024 · EU pctl 67
Deaths
4,766
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
810 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
318,109
2100 · EU pctl 67
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,123 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
243 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
64.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
412 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,987 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · 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)
238 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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 21
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 65
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 12
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
23.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.0%
2021 · EU pctl 67
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