NUTS-3 DEG0M · Germany
Altenburger Land
Export region data (CSV)Altenburger Land generates €2.4bn of GDP across 87.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.8/100 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 up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32.2
Livability51.1
Market access58
Economic scale10
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)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability73
Labour stability32
Diversification58
Demographic stability24
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)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access52
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)
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1015.3 µg/m³
NO210.9 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)
51.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy37
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety41
Connectivity88
Environment46.7
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
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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 · 28.2%Diversified · HHI 2205
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 28.2%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.3%Public · health · education 27.8%
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)
€2,232M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€69M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€629M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€481M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€152M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€374M
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
24,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,800
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€621M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
24,470
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
2,250
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,800
2023 · EU pctl 25
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,581
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise births
117
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
191
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 0
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 35
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
84 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 49
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
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)
156,747
2024 · EU pctl 8
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.
759
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
867
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
49,089
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
28,260
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged under 15
10,159
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
54.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
412
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
1,453
2024 · EU pctl 19
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.4%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
816 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
230 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
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 40
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 48
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