NUTS-3 DEE0E · Germany
Wittenberg
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 12
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
9 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 18
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)
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.
1,036
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
851
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
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
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
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
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
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