NUTS-3 DEE04 · Germany
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
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 (97th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable30 → 37 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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)
Air quality89
Freight intensity73
Connectivity57
Governance56
Quality of life51
Labour market51
Cost advantage49
Resilience39
Demographic outlook37
Energy cost36
Economic base33
Industrial base31
Growth momentum27
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)
37.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability51.1
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability17
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
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)
51.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety33
Connectivity97
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,598M2023
4.7% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,080M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Population
79,9802025
1.0% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Unemployment rate
5.2%2025
26.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
33,4902023
1.8% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Productivity / employee
€81,6922025
3.3% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Gross value added
€2,373M2023
6.2% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,080M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,692
2025 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€522M
2025 · EU pctl 9
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
38,200
2025 · EU pctl 8
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
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)
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.
1,021
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,157 kt
2025 · EU pctl 21
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,277
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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.
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
72,131
2100 · EU pctl 11
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
27.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 48
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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