NUTS-3 DE136 · Germany
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis generates €10bn of GDP across 214.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (89th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (61.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader77 → 78 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base92
Labour market89
Air quality88
Economic base77
Quality of life75
Connectivity71
Demographic outlook67
Governance56
Resilience56
Talent & skills55
Freight intensity41
Energy cost36
Growth momentum28
Cost advantage19
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.4
Livability75
Market access86
Economic scale59
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)
56
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability91
Diversification25
Demographic stability53
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
Airport access46
Market access86
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary57
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers60
Scientists & engineers62
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
88.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.5 µg/m³
PM109.2 µg/m³
NO28.5 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
75
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79
Jobs86
Education67
Health62.5
Safety61.3
Connectivity80
Environment89
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
28.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2423
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 34.8%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 15.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.3%Public · health · education 21.9%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€10,000M2023
5.8% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,661M2025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Population
214,0652025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
24.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
119,2802023
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Productivity / employee
€88,6442025
3.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Gross value added
€9,134M2023
7.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,134M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€60M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,183M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,012M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — construction (F)
€523M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,428M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,100
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,900
2023 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€24,625M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,717M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€57,940M
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,942M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,998M
2023 · EU pctl 61
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,661M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,644
2025 · EU pctl 62
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,356M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
119,280
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
9,750
2023 · EU pctl 34
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,700
2023 · EU pctl 78
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.0%
2019 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
115,500
2025 · EU pctl 47
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,151
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
632
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise deaths
636
2023 · EU pctl 35
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 38
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
942,903
2024 · EU pctl 51
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
1,559
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,317 kt
2025 · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
728
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
132,477
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged 65+
50,005
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
31,583
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,955
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
2,583
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
209 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 65
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,372
2100 · EU pctl 51
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
950 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
205 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
148 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
832 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
756 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 23
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 24
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 28
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