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Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

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Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €5.0bn of GDP across 41.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (97th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32
Livability66
Market access61
Economic scale30
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability36
Labour stability60
Diversification2
Demographic stability44
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access27
Market access61
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary28
Lifelong learning13
Knowledge workers41
Scientists & engineers42
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)
66
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy90
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety62
Connectivity97
Environment40
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
32
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 51.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3481
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 22%Construction 1.8%Trade · transport · ICT 8%Finance · real estate · prof. 51.6%Public · health · education 16.4%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,559M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,002M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€918M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€365M
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
109,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€122,400
2023 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,094M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,882M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€27,035M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,352M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€747M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,860
2023 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
2,340
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,770
2023 · EU pctl 25
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,673
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
113
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
113
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
165 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
164,983
2024 · EU pctl 9
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · 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.
542
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,320
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
26,186
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
9,949
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
4,929
2025 · EU pctl 1
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
322
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
499
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
854 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,117 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
66.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
120 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,484 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
298 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
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