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NUTS-3 DE735 · Germany
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Population
180,0712025
GDP
€7,109M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,539.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
52.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.8

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€39,476
Population density
117 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 64 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,493M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€102M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,704M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,541M
GVA — construction (F)
€256M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,389M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,604M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,437M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
81,480
Self-employed persons
7,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,910
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,453
Enterprise births
398
Enterprise deaths
482
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
17
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
96 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
449,843
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,090
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
605
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
111,331
Population aged 65+
44,523
Population aged under 15
24,217
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
Live births
1,265
Deaths
2,494
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
185 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
781 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
281 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr