NUTS-3 DEE09 · Germany
Harz
Harz generates €6.4bn of GDP across 205.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.3/100 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 digital connectivity (83th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable33 → 34 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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 outlook99
Air quality82
Freight intensity78
Industrial base66
Governance56
Connectivity53
Labour market51
Quality of life51
Cost advantage49
Resilience39
Energy cost36
Economic base29
Growth momentum23
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)
43.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.2
Livability50.9
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
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)
50.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety54.3
Connectivity83
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€6,396M2023
6.7% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,121M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
205,4842025
0.8% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
16.7% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
89,5002023
0.0% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Productivity / employee
€75,2582025
3.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Gross value added
€5,842M2023
8.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,121M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€75,258
2025 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,286M
2025 · EU pctl 34
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
95,800
2025 · EU pctl 39
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
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)
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.
1,592
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,764 kt
2025 · EU pctl 59
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
775
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
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.
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
277,639
2100 · EU pctl 61
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
57.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.0%
2021 · EU pctl 50
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