NUTS-3 DED21 · Germany
Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €29bn of GDP across 564.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (71th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (32th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.8
Livability53.8
Market access55
Economic scale89
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)
47.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability23
Diversification28
Demographic stability62
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)
65.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
Airport access98
Market access55
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary49
Lifelong learning23
Knowledge workers57
Scientists & engineers64
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.1 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO218.3 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)
53.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety48.3
Connectivity44
Environment32
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
39.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.1 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 · 32%Diversified · HHI 2403
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 17.6%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 32%
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).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,336M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€20M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,641M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,827M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€1,219M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,631M
2023 · EU pctl 88
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,500
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
2023 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,678M
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,549M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€35,145M
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,401M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,424M
2023 · EU pctl 94
Labour market
Employment, total persons
350,030
2023 · EU pctl 89
Self-employed persons
23,460
2023 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,920
2023 · EU pctl 78
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,733
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
1,398
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,632
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 11
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
116
2012 · EU pctl 93
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
219 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 77
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · 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)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,606,893
2024 · EU pctl 86
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
533 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · 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.
1,943
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
344
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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)
362,878
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged 65+
123,808
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
78,218
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 12
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Live births
4,097
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
5,860
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
2024 · EU pctl 9
Population density (persons per km²)
1,741 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.6%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,076 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
222 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
74.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
843 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,802 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
112 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 20
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