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NUTS-3 DEG02 · Germany

Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt

Population

95,6082025

GDP

€3,467M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

150.3 km²

NUTS-3 DEG0Q · Germany

Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Population

120,2142025

GDP

€4,089M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,247.8 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt (42). Contrarian pick: Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 87).

#1Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Strengths

Air quality (86) · Industrial base (82)

No red flags

#2Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt

Strengths

Freight intensity (87) · Labour market (67)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 24) — Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Schmalkalden-Meiningen · Office → Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Gera, 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

42.0

42.2

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

52.0

38.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

48.0

57.4

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

50.0

85.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

52.0

62.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

28.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

47.0

24.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

0.5% 5y

—

Population

0.5% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

16.1% 5y

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Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€36,261

€34,015

Population density

636 /km²

96 /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)

€3,167M

€3,735M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€10M

€94M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€441M

€1,165M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€317M

€1,015M

GVA — construction (F)

€135M

€259M

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

€679M

€485M

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

€25,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

32,500 PPS

30,000 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€36,500

€33,700

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)

€669M

€609M

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

€1,232M

€1,123M

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

€2,927M

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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€73,977

—

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€668M

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Labour market

Employment, total persons

49,520

57,340

Self-employed persons

3,900

5,450

Employment in manufacturing (C)

4,930

15,230

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)

45,500

—

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

2,955

4,576

Enterprise births

172

220

Enterprise deaths

234

365

3-year enterprise survival rate

3.0%

2.9%

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)

133,285

740,386

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

568 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

4,832 kt

3,757 kt

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

454

832

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

475

692

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)

55,230

70,637

Population aged 65+

28,232

35,181

Population aged under 15

12,146

14,396

Median age of population

50.4 yrs

52.2 yrs

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

51.1%

49.8%

Crude rate of total population change

-0.9 /1k

-7.8 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

8.5 /1k

3.3 /1k

Crude birth rate

6.0 /1k

5.0 /1k

Crude death rate

15.4 /1k

16.1 /1k

Live births

573

606

Deaths

1,475

1,947

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

73.1%

70.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.31

1.25

Population density (persons per km²)

629 /km²

97 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

91,851

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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

1.0 /100k

0.8 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

93.0 /100k

17.3 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

758 /100k

168 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,643 /100k

796 /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)

195 m

357 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

9 days/yr

5 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

60 days/yr

80 days/yr

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

2 days/yr