NUTS-3 DEG0J · Germany
Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Saale-Holzland-Kreis generates €2.6bn of GDP across 83.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (84th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable30 → 37 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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)
Demographic outlook99
Freight intensity88
Air quality83
Industrial base78
Labour market67
Quality of life59
Connectivity59
Resilience57
Governance56
Growth momentum49
Cost advantage47
Energy cost36
Economic base30
Talent & skills29
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)
43
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability59.2
Market access52
Economic scale12
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability32
Diversification70
Demographic stability50
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)
58.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access44
Market access52
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)
28.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary33
Lifelong learning23
Knowledge workers27
Scientists & engineers31
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.2 µg/m³
PM1012.1 µg/m³
NO23.1 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)
59.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety63.7
Connectivity80
Environment84
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
48.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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 · 30%Diversified · HHI 2138
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 30%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.7%Public · health · education 23.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,601M2023
11.1% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,196M2025
0.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Population
83,3422025
0.8% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
8.8% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
34,5002023
0.3% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Productivity / employee
€118,5402025
3.3% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Gross value added
€2,376M2023
12.8% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,376M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€84M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€712M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€591M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€187M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€400M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,200
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 30
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
2023 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,609M
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,167M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€42,299M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€444M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€549M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,196M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€118,540
2025 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€501M
2025 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Employment, total persons
34,500
2023 · EU pctl 7
Self-employed persons
3,280
2023 · EU pctl 5
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,750
2023 · EU pctl 24
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.7%
2019 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
40,300
2025 · EU pctl 9
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,723
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise births
128
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
189
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 21
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.4%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
184,718
2024 · EU pctl 10
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
568 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 36 · 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.
612
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,276 kt
2025 · EU pctl 31
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
32 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
734
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
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)
48,858
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
23,883
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged under 15
10,601
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
51.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 92
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of total population change
-8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
413
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
1,009
2024 · EU pctl 9
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
122,366
2100 · EU pctl 26
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,212 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
208 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
910 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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)
357 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 20
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 3
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 58
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.0%
2021 · EU pctl 61
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