NUTS-3 DEE01 · Germany
Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt
Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.9bn of GDP across 75.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34/100 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 (65th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable45 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Connectivity60
Economic base56
Governance56
Industrial base53
Labour market51
Air quality50
Cost advantage49
Quality of life45
Energy cost36
Resilience34
Freight intensity28
Demographic outlook22
Growth momentum20
Talent & skills14
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)
34
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth19.8
Livability45.2
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability17
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density65
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)
45.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety50.7
Connectivity65
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,945M2023
6.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,358M2025
0.2% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Population
75,4022025
0.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
41,3802023
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Productivity / employee
€74,9452025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Gross value added
€2,690M2023
7.7% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,358M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,945
2025 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€592M
2025 · EU pctl 11
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
33,600
2025 · EU pctl 7
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · 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.
418
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,460 kt
2025 · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
554
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
65,079
2100 · EU pctl 9
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
12.8%
2021 · EU pctl 91
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