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Among 38 NUTS 2 regions of Germany, Leipzig ranks best in
tertiary educated (6th) and lowest in income per capita (38th).
Over time
Indicator
The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish
it, only the region line is shown.
Leipzig vs national value
Economy
GDP per capita
43,400 €/inh.
+1,000 vs 2023
26th of 38 in the country
Germany 54,240 €/inh. · -20%
Income per capita
24,700 €/inh.
+1,100 vs 2022
38th of 38 in the country
Germany 28,200 €/inh. · -12%
GDP growth
13th of 38 in the country
Germany 0.2 % · -300%
Population
Population
33rd of 38 in the country
Germany 83,467,117 · -99%
Life expectancy
11th of 38 in the country
Germany 81.2 years
Population density
15th of 38 in the country
Germany 236.4 /km² · +16%
Population change
15th of 38 in the country
Germany -1.3 ‰ · -238%
Net migration
8th of 38 in the country
Germany 2.9 ‰ · +152%
Median age
33rd of 38 in the country
Germany 45.5 years · -3%
Aged 65+
16th of 38 in the country
Germany 22.7 % · +2%
Fertility
38th of 38 in the country
Germany 1.36 · -21%
Labour
Unemployment
35th of 37 in the country
Germany 3.8 % · +37%
Employment
23rd of 38 in the country
Germany 81.1 %
High-tech jobs
11th of 37 in the country
Germany 5.6 % · +11%
Society
Tourist nights
4,337 per 1,000
−249 vs 2024
20th of 38 in the country
Germany 5,267 per 1,000 · -18%
Road deaths
20th of 38 in the country
Germany 33 per mn · +6%
Tertiary educated
6th of 38 in the country
Germany 35.4 % · +12%
Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 2 regions, only for the larger
region Leipzig belongs to.
Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are
defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.
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