NUTS-3 DED53 · Germany
Nordsachsen
Nordsachsen generates €7.5bn of GDP across 199.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (86.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (39.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser42 → 57 EU percentile since 1995 (+15 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)
Freight intensity94
Air quality86
Talent & skills69
Labour market67
Quality of life64
Connectivity61
Governance56
Economic base51
Growth momentum49
Cost advantage49
Resilience40
Industrial base37
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook18
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)
54.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability64.3
Market access57
Economic scale47
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability19
Diversification60
Demographic stability54
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access48
Market access57
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)
85.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1010.7 µg/m³
NO25.9 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)
64.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy51
Jobs52
Education70
Health39.5
Safety71.7
Connectivity79
Environment86.7
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 31.6%Diversified · HHI 2196
Agriculture 3.3%Industry 19.5%Construction 7.8%Trade · transport · ICT 31.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 15%Public · health · education 22.8%
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)
€7,482M2023
1.9% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,428M2025
0.2% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Population
199,4222025
0.7% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Unemployment rate
5.2%2025
0.0% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
95,3702023
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Productivity / employee
€82,6212025
3.3% 1y 7.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€6,834M2023
3.3% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,834M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€227M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,331M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€986M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,161M
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
33,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 51
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,560M
2023 · EU pctl 51
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,428M
2025 · EU pctl 49
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,621
2025 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,535M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,370
2023 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
8,880
2023 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,460
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
97,400
2025 · EU pctl 40
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,792
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
350
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise deaths
505
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
580,511
2024 · EU pctl 36
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
478 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,157 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,420
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
712
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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)
117,668
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
55,174
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
26,580
2025 · EU pctl 40
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
-6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Live births
1,110
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
2,796
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.5%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
173,086
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
374 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
907 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
185 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 10
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 10
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 65
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
61.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.4%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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