NUTS-3 DEE02 · Germany
Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt
Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt generates €9.2bn of GDP across 226.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. 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 economy (56th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (13.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller70 → 57 EU percentile since 1995 (-14 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)
Demographic outlook82
Connectivity63
Economic base61
Governance56
Labour market51
Cost advantage49
Energy cost36
Quality of life35
Air quality35
Resilience33
Growth momentum25
Freight intensity18
Talent & skills14
Industrial base7
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)
43.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.4
Livability35.1
Market access58
Economic scale56
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability100
Labour stability17
Diversification7
Demographic stability8
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 density44
Airport access87
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)
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM1016.7 µg/m³
NO216 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)
35.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy56
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety13.7
Connectivity44
Environment35.7
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
25.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
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 · 42.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2832
Industry 9.7%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 19.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.7%Public · health · education 42.2%
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)
€9,179M2023
7.0% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,349M2025
0.2% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Population
226,7672025
0.4% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
17.1% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
127,7002023
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Productivity / employee
€75,6942025
3.3% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Gross value added
€8,384M2023
8.6% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,384M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€813M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€446M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€440M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,602M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
35,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
€1,985M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,542M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,349M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€75,694
2025 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,845M
2025 · EU pctl 51
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,700
2023 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
7,480
2023 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,740
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
113,600
2025 · EU pctl 46
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,245
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise births
443
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
528
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
428,548
2024 · EU pctl 28
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.
786
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,462 kt
2025 · EU pctl 24
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
347
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
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)
141,518
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
55,561
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
29,688
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
-3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
1,807
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
3,196
2024 · EU pctl 54
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
1,696 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
232,513
2100 · EU pctl 53
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
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
167 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,114 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,386 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 65
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 72
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 33
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
12.9%
2021 · EU pctl 92
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