NUTS-3 DED52 · Germany
Leipzig
Export region data (CSV)Leipzig generates €8.5bn of GDP across 260.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (79th EU percentile) and weakest for health (39.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.8
Livability56.6
Market access59
Economic scale53
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability19
Diversification76
Demographic stability53
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access74
Market access59
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs52
Education70
Health39.5
Safety54.7
Connectivity79
Environment58
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
49.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 29%Diversified · HHI 2099
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 29%Construction 11.1%Trade · transport · ICT 17.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.9%Public · health · education 23.3%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,747M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€179M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,243M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,033M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — construction (F)
€861M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,349M
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
29,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 35
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
€1,308M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,807M
2023 · EU pctl 57
Labour market
Employment, total persons
102,850
2023 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
11,480
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,350
2023 · EU pctl 48
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,467
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise births
553
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
804
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 5
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
20
2012 · EU pctl 55
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 47
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
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)
505,400
2024 · EU pctl 32
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
478 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 17 · 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.
1,899
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
730
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
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)
151,973
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
72,946
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged under 15
35,208
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.0%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
1,317
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
3,617
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.2%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 58
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 45 · 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)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
355 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
823 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
144 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
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 5
Environment
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).
52
2024 · EU pctl 38
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