NUTS-3 DEE0B · Germany
Saalekreis
Export region data (CSV)Saalekreis generates €8.0bn of GDP across 182.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.4
Livability48.6
Market access57
Economic scale51
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)
23.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability17
Diversification13
Demographic stability35
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access79
Market access57
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)
67.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1013.8 µg/m³
NO28.6 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)
48.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy60.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety32.3
Connectivity83
Environment68.5
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
28.4
/ 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
-0.1%
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 · 42.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2634
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 42.3%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.4%Public · health · education 15.1%
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)
€7,305M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€172M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,086M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,019M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — construction (F)
€507M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,385M
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
39,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,800
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
€1,055M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,100M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
82,720
2023 · EU pctl 37
Self-employed persons
6,100
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,400
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
5,178
2023 · EU pctl 20
Enterprise births
316
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
390
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
9
2012 · EU pctl 38
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 37
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)
426,254
2024 · EU pctl 28
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.
1,444
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
791
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
108,511
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged 65+
50,454
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
23,486
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
998
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
2,583
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.1%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
510 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,024 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
115 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 39
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 24
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 30
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