NUTS-3 DED2F · Germany
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
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 (91th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (40th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable32 → 33 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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
Connectivity74
Industrial base68
Quality of life61
Governance56
Resilience55
Talent & skills48
Freight intensity46
Cost advantage43
Energy cost36
Growth momentum29
Demographic outlook29
Economic base23
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)
46.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29
Livability60.7
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
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)
60.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs69
Education66.5
Health45.5
Safety52.3
Connectivity91
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€6,986M2023
6.6% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,911M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Population
243,9962025
0.5% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
42.4% 1y 15.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
102,7402023
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Productivity / employee
€72,1072025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Gross value added
€6,381M2023
8.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
All indicators · 80 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,911M
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,107
2025 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,419M
2025 · EU pctl 39
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
114,700
2025 · EU pctl 47
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
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)
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.
2,412
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,585 kt
2025 · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
989
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
224,054
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
0.8 /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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
23.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.0%
2021 · EU pctl 81
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