NUTS-3 DE24A · Germany
Kronach
Kronach generates €2.7bn of GDP across 64.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (84.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable68 → 67 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 base95
Labour market88
Quality of life68
Economic base65
Freight intensity65
Demographic outlook56
Connectivity56
Governance56
Energy cost36
Resilience35
Talent & skills31
Cost advantage19
Growth momentum16
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)
38.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth15.8
Livability67.7
Market access57
Economic scale12
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)
35.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability59
Diversification13
Demographic stability16
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)
56
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access28
Market access57
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)
67.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy73
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety77.3
Connectivity83
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
15.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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: Industry · 39.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2641
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 39.3%Construction 3.7%Trade · transport · ICT 12%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 18.1%
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)
€2,731M2023
9.7% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,328M2025
0.2% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Population
64,5452025
0.7% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Unemployment rate
3.1%2025
6.9% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Employment
33,5902023
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Productivity / employee
€85,6762025
3.3% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Gross value added
€2,495M2023
11.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,495M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€57M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€982M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€924M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€93M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€300M
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
37,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
€612M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€451M
2023 · EU pctl 9
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,328M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,676
2025 · EU pctl 55
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€774M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,590
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
3,250
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,550
2023 · EU pctl 38
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
35,000
2025 · EU pctl 7
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,468
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
162
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
194
2023 · EU pctl 5
3-year enterprise survival rate
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 0
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · 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)
171,512
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.
502
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,285 kt
2025 · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
778
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
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)
39,927
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
17,075
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
7,543
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 92
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
-7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Live births
405
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
923
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
60,040
2100 · EU pctl 7
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
12.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
574 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
560 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.3%
2021 · EU pctl 69
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