NUTS-3 DEE09 · Germany
Harz
Export region data (CSV)Harz generates €6.4bn of GDP across 205.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (82.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.2
Livability50.7
Market access58
Economic scale41
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)
38.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability17
Diversification60
Demographic stability14
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
Airport access18
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)
81.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1011.6 µg/m³
NO26.7 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)
50.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety54.3
Connectivity82
Environment82.7
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
23.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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 · 29%Diversified · HHI 2193
Agriculture 3%Industry 26.6%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.2%Public · health · education 29%
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)
€5,842M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€177M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,556M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,241M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€426M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€985M
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
27,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 29
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,800
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
€1,003M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,696M
2023 · EU pctl 55
Labour market
Employment, total persons
89,500
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
7,670
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,310
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
6,511
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
387
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
487
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 11
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
30 /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)
2,464,529
2024 · EU pctl 74
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.
1,603
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
780
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
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)
119,313
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
63,047
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
23,124
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
53.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 98
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
18.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Live births
1,041
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
3,740
2024 · EU pctl 61
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.2%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
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
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
219 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 16
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 14
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 56
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