NUTS-3 DE136 · Germany
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis generates €10bn of GDP across 214.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.2/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.6
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
28.6
/ 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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
67
2012 · EU pctl 83
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
325 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 89
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
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.
1,573
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
735
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 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
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
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
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