NUTS-3 DEE0C · Germany
Salzlandkreis
Export region data (CSV)Salzlandkreis generates €6.3bn of GDP across 180.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (55th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
42.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32.2
Livability39.2
Market access57
Economic scale40
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)
27.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability59
Labour stability17
Diversification23
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
Airport access38
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1015.7 µg/m³
NO213.6 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)
39.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety32
Connectivity55
Environment45.7
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
32.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.4 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 · 36.1%Diversified · HHI 2458
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 36.1%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.6%Public · health · education 26.4%
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)
€5,744M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€160M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,072M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,454M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — construction (F)
€346M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€751M
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
30,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 40
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,400
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
€898M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,517M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,530
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
6,060
2023 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,210
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
4,996
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
276
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise deaths
397
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 8
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 27
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 30
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)
311,372
2024 · EU pctl 19
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.
823
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
455
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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)
105,458
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
53,963
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged under 15
21,350
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
53.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude death rate
17.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
974
2024 · EU pctl 24
Deaths
3,148
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.4%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
129 /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
35.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
501 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,050 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
73 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 57
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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