NUTS-3 DED41 · Germany
Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt
Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €11bn of GDP across 245.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate down 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (64th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader73 → 73 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Economic base71
Labour market70
Governance56
Quality of life51
Connectivity50
Air quality47
Cost advantage43
Resilience43
Energy cost36
Industrial base34
Freight intensity24
Demographic outlook23
Growth momentum23
Talent & skills22
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)
48.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth22.6
Livability51.4
Market access56
Economic scale63
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)
43
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability15
Diversification31
Demographic stability41
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access34
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)
22
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary15
Lifelong learning21
Knowledge workers21
Scientists & engineers31
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.4 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO214.8 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)
51.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64
Jobs60
Education47
Health26
Safety54.7
Connectivity60
Environment48
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
22.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-1.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 32%Diversified · HHI 2372
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 18.8%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 32%
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)
€10,796M2023
7.0% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,284M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Population
245,6182025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
4.4%2025
46.7% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Employment
146,9302023
0.0% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Productivity / employee
€78,6892025
3.3% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Gross value added
€9,861M2023
8.5% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,861M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,851M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,321M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,914M
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
39,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,200
2023 · EU pctl 74
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,850M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,837M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€27,479M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,394M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,157M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,284M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,689
2025 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,398M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
146,930
2023 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
10,530
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,320
2023 · EU pctl 50
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
127,100
2025 · EU pctl 51
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,287
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
554
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
617
2023 · EU pctl 34
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
29.3%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
447,661
2024 · EU pctl 29
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
602 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,365 kt
2025 · EU pctl 32
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,205
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
145,199
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
67,981
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged under 15
32,438
2025 · EU pctl 48
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
1,656
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
3,598
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.2%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
1,110 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
190,369
2100 · EU pctl 44
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,211 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
81.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
535 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,765 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · 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)
323 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 65
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 55
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
34.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 28
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