NUTS-3 DED2C · Germany
Bautzen
Export region data (CSV)Bautzen generates €10bn of GDP across 292.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (90th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33
Livability62
Market access50
Economic scale60
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability23
Diversification50
Demographic stability22
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access71
Market access50
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.4 µg/m³
PM1013.8 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
62
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity90
Environment53
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
33
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Industry · 30.6%Diversified · HHI 2251
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 30.6%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.5%Public · health · education 26%
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)
€9,326M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€174M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,852M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,527M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€702M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,540M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
30,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,600
2023 · EU pctl 49
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)
€1,632M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,425M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Labour market
Employment, total persons
141,040
2023 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
12,290
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,050
2023 · EU pctl 74
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,861
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
504
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
764
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
21
2012 · EU pctl 56
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 44
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)
646,125
2024 · EU pctl 39
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.
2,806
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
959
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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)
166,683
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
86,523
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
39,402
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
52.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.9%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
1,619
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
4,361
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
128 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
722 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
199 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 39
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 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 66
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