NUTS-3 DED2D · Germany
Görlitz
Export region data (CSV)Görlitz generates €9.2bn of GDP across 244k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (87th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (44th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.8
Livability60.2
Market access46
Economic scale56
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability23
Diversification12
Demographic stability15
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density87
Airport access29
Market access46
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1013.4 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)
60.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety44
Connectivity87
Environment55.3
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
39.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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 · 39%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2660
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 39%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 11%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.4%Public · health · education 27.4%
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)
€8,361M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,261M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,435M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€448M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€922M
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
33,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 51
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,100
2023 · EU pctl 56
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)
€1,286M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,287M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
113,930
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
10,660
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,090
2023 · EU pctl 61
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,227
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
503
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
631
2023 · EU pctl 35
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 4
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
13
2012 · EU pctl 44
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
48 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 38
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)
1,189,094
2024 · EU pctl 57
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.
2,054
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
842
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
76
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
135,941
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
77,681
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
30,336
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
53.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
57.1%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude death rate
16.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Live births
1,276
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
4,118
2024 · EU pctl 66
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
79.5%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
384 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,059 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
297 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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 34
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).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
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