NUTS-3 DEE0E · Germany
Wittenberg
Wittenberg generates €3.8bn of GDP across 121.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (87th EU percentile) and weakest for health (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable31 → 37 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Freight intensity95
Industrial base71
Connectivity64
Governance56
Labour market51
Cost advantage49
Quality of life46
Air quality41
Resilience40
Energy cost36
Economic base30
Growth momentum22
Demographic outlook15
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)
36.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth21.6
Livability46.1
Market access58
Economic scale22
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability17
Diversification72
Demographic stability19
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)
64.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density87
Airport access48
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.3 µg/m³
PM1015.3 µg/m³
NO211.2 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)
46.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40.5
Jobs46.5
Education31.5
Health18
Safety57
Connectivity87
Environment42
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
21.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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 · 29.3%Diversified · HHI 2123
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 29.3%Construction 8.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 25.2%
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)
€3,819M2023
1.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,057M2025
0.2% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Population
121,6942025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Unemployment rate
4.8%2025
14.3% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Employment
52,8802023
0.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Productivity / employee
€76,0532025
3.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Gross value added
€3,488M2023
0.0% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,488M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€152M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€795M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — construction (F)
€285M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€564M
2023 · EU pctl 18
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)
27,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 30
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
€586M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€878M
2023 · EU pctl 26
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,057M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,053
2025 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€768M
2025 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
52,880
2023 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
4,560
2023 · EU pctl 10
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,430
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,800
2025 · EU pctl 18
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,979
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
221
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
304
2023 · EU pctl 14
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
460,523
2024 · EU pctl 30
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.
1,028
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,861 kt
2025 · EU pctl 54
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
845
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
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.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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)
69,545
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged 65+
37,664
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
14,485
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
54.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.2%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
16.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Live births
679
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
1,966
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
105,133
2100 · EU pctl 20
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
61.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
457 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
979 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
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)
68 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 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)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 57
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 42
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
34.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.2%
2021 · EU pctl 82
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