NUTS-3 DED2E · Germany
Meißen
Meißen generates €8.2bn of GDP across 239.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (91th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Labour market92
Freight intensity91
Connectivity77
Air quality72
Industrial base68
Quality of life66
Governance56
Resilience53
Talent & skills48
Cost advantage43
Economic base39
Energy cost36
Growth momentum21
Demographic outlook20
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)
48.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth21
Livability65.9
Market access56
Economic scale52
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability23
Diversification79
Demographic stability32
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access84
Market access56
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1012.1 µg/m³
NO28 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)
65.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy48
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety67.7
Connectivity91
Environment73.3
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
21
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 25.7%Diversified · HHI 2082
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 25.7%Construction 9.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.7%Public · health · education 25.2%
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)
€8,196M2023
0.2% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,935M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Population
239,2212025
0.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
34.3% 1y 11.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
111,6202023
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Productivity / employee
€77,8632025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Gross value added
€7,486M2023
1.6% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,486M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€196M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,926M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,630M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€698M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,447M
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
30,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
€1,329M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,890M
2023 · EU pctl 59
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,935M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,863
2025 · EU pctl 38
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,665M
2025 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
111,620
2023 · EU pctl 48
Self-employed persons
10,680
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,680
2023 · EU pctl 63
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
112,500
2025 · EU pctl 46
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,689
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise births
477
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
637
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 4
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 77 · 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)
653,208
2024 · EU pctl 40
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.
2,298
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,102 kt
2025 · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
961
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
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)
137,538
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
70,239
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
31,444
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
51.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude death rate
14.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
1,226
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
3,512
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.9%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
167 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
222,473
2100 · EU pctl 52
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
812 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · 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)
178 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 20
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
47.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.7%
2021 · EU pctl 87
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