NUTS-3 DEE04 · Germany
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
Export region data (CSV)Altmarkkreis Salzwedel generates €2.6bn of GDP across 80k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability51
Market access60
Economic scale12
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)
39.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability18
Diversification85
Demographic stability12
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access13
Market access60
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)
89.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.7 µg/m³
PM1010.3 µg/m³
NO23.9 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)
51
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety33
Connectivity96
Environment90
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
27.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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: Industry · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2033
Agriculture 8.6%Industry 27.3%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 14.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.9%Public · health · education 26.9%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,373M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€203M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — industry (B–E)
€649M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€304M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€191M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€340M
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
28,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,000
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
€354M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€637M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,490
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
3,040
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,090
2023 · EU pctl 11
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)
2,356
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
114
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
152
2023 · EU pctl 3
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
9 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 19
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)
216,902
2024 · EU pctl 13
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.
996
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,245
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
104
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
47,586
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
22,219
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged under 15
10,175
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
52.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 95
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
433
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
1,230
2024 · EU pctl 13
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.1%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
35 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 10
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
266 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
924 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
59 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 9
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 5
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 29
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