NUTS-3 DEE01 · Germany
Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.9bn of GDP across 75.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (66th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth19.8
Livability45.4
Market access57
Economic scale14
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)
34.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability18
Diversification18
Demographic stability6
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density66
Airport access58
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)
14
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary9
Lifelong learning18
Knowledge workers9
Scientists & engineers20
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.8 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
45.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety50.7
Connectivity66
Environment51.3
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
19.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.2 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: Public · health · education · 37.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2538
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 21.4%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 13.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.5%Public · health · education 37.8%
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).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,690M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — industry (B–E)
€574M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€477M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€164M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€374M
2023 · EU pctl 9
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,800
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
2023 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€15,488M
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,294M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€40,875M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€552M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,018M
2023 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,380
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
2,750
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,960
2023 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.7%
2019 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,295
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise births
106
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
183
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 7
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 19
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 31
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.4%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
230,959
2024 · EU pctl 14
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
573 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 38 · 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.
424
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
562
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
41,886
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
24,686
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
8,830
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
54.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
20.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Live births
452
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
1,558
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
80.0%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
316 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,223 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
276 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
93.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
472 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,471 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
61 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
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