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NUTS-3 DEG0S · Germany

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Population

34,6852025

GDP

€1,329M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

142.1 km²

NUTS-3 DEG0M · Germany

Altenburger Land

Population

87,5082025

GDP

€2,444M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

569.4 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Altenburger Land (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt (34). Contrarian pick: Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 78).

#1Altenburger Land

Strengths

Freight intensity (99) · Labour market (67)

Red flags

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

#2Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Strengths

Air quality (78) · Labour market (67)

Red flags

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Altenburger Land

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 14) — Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Altenburger Land · Manufacturing → Altenburger Land · Office → Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt.

Phase-2 diligence checklist

Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics

This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

33.7

37.8

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

29.3

46.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

56.6

51.1

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

77.7

45.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

64.3

66.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

28.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

16.2

32.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

0.2% 5y

Population

1.2% 5y

0.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

13.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€38,322

€27,927

Population density

244 /km²

154 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€1,214M

€2,232M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€2M

€69M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€192M

€629M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€161M

€481M

GVA — construction (F)

€61M

€152M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€225M

€374M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€25,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

32,600 PPS

24,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€36,600

€27,800

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€14,609M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€3,167M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€42,299M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€241M

€387M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€493M

€621M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€2,063M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€105,499

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€471M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

19,700

34,800

Self-employed persons

1,600

3,280

Employment in manufacturing (C)

2,620

8,470

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.5%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

7.7%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

3.7%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

40,500

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

1,277

2,581

Enterprise births

117

Enterprise deaths

191

3-year enterprise survival rate

2.9%

2.0%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

2.6%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.3%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

30.4%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

35.6%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

8.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

19.9%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

7.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

188,461

156,747

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

568 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

271 kt

7,390 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

216

761

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

623

870

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

32 km/1000km²

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

19,106

49,089

Population aged 65+

11,984

28,260

Population aged under 15

3,595

10,159

Median age of population

56.1 yrs

54.6 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

62.7%

57.6%

Crude rate of total population change

-45.7 /1k

-5.1 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

-34.8 /1k

6.8 /1k

Crude birth rate

5.3 /1k

4.7 /1k

Crude death rate

16.1 /1k

16.6 /1k

Live births

187

412

Deaths

573

1,453

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

81.5%

78.3%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.38

1.27

Population density (persons per km²)

252 /km²

155 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

—

74,617

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

23.4%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.7 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

17.4%

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,212 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

228 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

1.1 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

63.4 /100k

17.1 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

259 /100k

200 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

2,837 /100k

816 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

46 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.161/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

566 m

230 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

2 days/yr

9 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

103 days/yr

61 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

5 days/yr

2 days/yr