NUTS-3 DED51 · Germany
Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt
Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €29bn of GDP across 611.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (70th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (38th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser67 → 79 EU percentile since 1995 (+12 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 base80
Talent & skills69
Labour market67
Connectivity63
Governance56
Growth momentum54
Resilience53
Cost advantage49
Quality of life49
Air quality37
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook32
Freight intensity27
Industrial base25
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)
62.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.4
Livability49
Market access58
Economic scale89
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 stability90
Labour stability19
Diversification23
Demographic stability80
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access93
Market access58
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning64
Knowledge workers74
Scientists & engineers63
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1015 µg/m³
NO216.4 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)
49
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy65.5
Jobs52
Education70
Health39.5
Safety39.3
Connectivity38
Environment38.7
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
54.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.1 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.1%Diversified · HHI 2452
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 13.9%Construction 4.2%Trade · transport · ICT 24.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.1%Public · health · education 28%
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)
€29,213M2023
8.4% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,096M2025
0.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
611,8502025
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
5.2%2025
0.0% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
365,7802023
1.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€84,1082025
3.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Gross value added
€26,683M2023
10.0% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,683M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€20M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,717M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,014M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — construction (F)
€1,123M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,593M
2023 · EU pctl 90
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,700
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,200
2023 · EU pctl 81
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,129M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,577M
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€24,874M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,752M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,479M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,096M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,108
2025 · EU pctl 50
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,994M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
365,780
2023 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
26,510
2023 · EU pctl 66
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,180
2023 · EU pctl 69
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
338,900
2025 · EU pctl 88
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,140
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise births
2,094
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
2,135
2023 · EU pctl 71
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 43
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.1%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.6%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,818,853
2024 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
478 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,608 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,660
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
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)
409,586
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
119,846
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged under 15
82,418
2025 · EU pctl 81
Median age of population
39.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
4,811
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
6,751
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.01
2024 · EU pctl 3
Population density (persons per km²)
2,082 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
559,911
2100 · EU pctl 84
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,076 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
889 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,336 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · 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)
116 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 53
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 73
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 31
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
26.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 27
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