NUTS-3 DE11A · Germany
Schwäbisch Hall
Export region data (CSV)Schwäbisch Hall generates €11bn of GDP across 200.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (57th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability78
Market access82
Economic scale65
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)
74.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability86
Diversification61
Demographic stability70
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access29
Market access82
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers68
Scientists & engineers83
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
78
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy92
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety57
Connectivity94
Environment—
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 32.8%Diversified · HHI 2184
Agriculture 2%Industry 32.8%Construction 17.5%Trade · transport · ICT 12.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.1%Public · health · education 13.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,371M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€206M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,397M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,022M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — construction (F)
€1,810M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,331M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,900
2023 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€60,881M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€22,211M
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€139,588M
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,189M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,439M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
115,850
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
8,820
2023 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,790
2023 · EU pctl 77
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,459
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise births
563
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
607
2023 · EU pctl 34
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
42
2012 · EU pctl 72
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
224 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 78
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
7.3%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
576,635
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
636 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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.
2,176
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,083
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
128,155
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged 65+
42,212
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
30,535
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
1,778
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,111
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
135 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
775 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
432 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
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