NUTS-3 DED43 · Germany
Mittelsachsen
Export region data (CSV)Mittelsachsen generates €10bn of GDP across 296.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (90th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth17.2
Livability58.3
Market access56
Economic scale59
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)
42.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability15
Diversification69
Demographic stability20
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access49
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)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.5 µg/m³
PM1010.2 µg/m³
NO211.2 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)
58.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs60
Education47
Health26
Safety59.3
Connectivity90
Environment78.3
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
17.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Industry · 28.1%Diversified · HHI 2139
Agriculture 3%Industry 28.1%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.9%Public · health · education 25.5%
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)
€9,164M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€273M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,574M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,256M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — construction (F)
€738M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,601M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
30,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 38
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€1,640M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,337M
2023 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
135,220
2023 · EU pctl 58
Self-employed persons
13,010
2023 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,940
2023 · EU pctl 73
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,437
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
561
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
756
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
36
2012 · EU pctl 69
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
112 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 56
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
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)
531,357
2024 · EU pctl 33
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
602 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · 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.
2,868
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
968
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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)
169,639
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged 65+
88,666
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged under 15
38,126
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
52.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
1,673
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
4,578
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.7%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 53
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
281 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
587 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
339 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 8
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 42
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
71
2024 · EU pctl 95
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