NUTS-3 DEC04 · Germany
Saarlouis
Saarlouis generates €7.9bn of GDP across 205.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (69th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable65 → 62 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 base97
Demographic outlook80
Freight intensity77
Connectivity65
Governance56
Economic base55
Air quality55
Quality of life49
Labour market48
Cost advantage48
Resilience39
Energy cost36
Growth momentum36
Talent & skills24
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)
51.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.8
Livability48.9
Market access70
Economic scale50
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability50
Diversification9
Demographic stability94
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access56
Market access70
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1012.6 µg/m³
NO211.4 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)
48.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs52
Education37
Health22.5
Safety51.7
Connectivity69
Environment56.3
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
35.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 · 41.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2749
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 41.7%Construction 3.7%Trade · transport · ICT 15.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 19.2%
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)
€7,897M2023
8.1% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,557M2025
0.2% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Population
205,1292025
0.5% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Unemployment rate
4.0%2025
14.3% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Employment
93,4002023
0.4% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€88,8952025
3.3% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€7,213M2023
6.7% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,213M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€16M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,005M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,838M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — construction (F)
€267M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,108M
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
34,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,300
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
€1,430M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,387M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,557M
2025 · EU pctl 49
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,895
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,535M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
93,400
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
7,410
2023 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,370
2023 · EU pctl 61
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,100
2025 · EU pctl 42
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,942
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
631
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise deaths
660
2023 · EU pctl 37
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
174,220
2024 · EU pctl 10
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
646 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,699 kt
2025 · EU pctl 59
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,226
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
598
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
94 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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)
125,688
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged 65+
53,133
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged under 15
26,308
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.3%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
1,467
2024 · EU pctl 41
Deaths
2,792
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
2024 · EU pctl 37
Population density (persons per km²)
449 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
221,808
2100 · EU pctl 51
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
38.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,207 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
205 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
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 25
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 22
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
28.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.5%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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