NUTS-3 DED2F · Germany
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Export region data (CSV)Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge generates €7.0bn of GDP across 244k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (40th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29
Livability60.9
Market access52
Economic scale45
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability97
Labour stability23
Diversification63
Demographic stability37
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)
74
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access78
Market access52
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
60.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety52.3
Connectivity92
Environment—
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
29
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2173
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 24.8%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 14.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.9%Public · health · education 30.3%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,381M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€169M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,585M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,388M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€606M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€945M
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
25,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,500
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
€1,141M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,935M
2023 · EU pctl 60
Labour market
Employment, total persons
102,740
2023 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
10,760
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,240
2023 · EU pctl 58
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,993
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
502
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
688
2023 · EU pctl 38
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
2012 · EU pctl 47
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
58 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 41
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)
1,847,761
2024 · EU pctl 68
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.
2,446
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,003
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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)
140,262
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
70,450
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
33,284
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
51.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
1,276
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
3,497
2024 · EU pctl 58
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.0%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
149 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 56
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 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
240 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
262 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
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