NUTS-3 DEE0A · Germany
Mansfeld-Südharz
Export region data (CSV)Mansfeld-Südharz generates €3.7bn of GDP across 129k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (78th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
38.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.6
Livability49.2
Market access56
Economic scale21
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)
37.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability17
Diversification51
Demographic stability10
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
Airport access40
Market access56
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
49.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy37.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety57.7
Connectivity78
Environment75
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
28.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
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 · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2246
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 29.8%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 14.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.9%Public · health · education 28.7%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,410M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€120M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,017M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€691M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€253M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€501M
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
25,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,600
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€978M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
50,150
2023 · EU pctl 17
Self-employed persons
4,580
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,070
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
3,862
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise births
218
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
281
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 31
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 36
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)
338,140
2024 · EU pctl 22
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.
925
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
717
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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)
73,074
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
41,558
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
14,397
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
55.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 100
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
56.9%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
18.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
649
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
2,375
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.6%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
90 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
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
27.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
311 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
966 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 25
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 39
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