NUTS-3 DE255 · Germany
Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €1.8bn of GDP across 40.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (80.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.2
Livability61.9
Market access74
Economic scale6
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability62
Diversification37
Demographic stability41
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)
76.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access88
Market access74
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers65
Scientists & engineers81
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)
57
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.4 µg/m³
NO214.2 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)
61.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety42
Connectivity67
Environment58
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
43.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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. · 29.4%Diversified · HHI 2334
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 25%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 16%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.4%Public · health · education 23.4%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,687M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€422M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€397M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€271M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,000
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 73
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,200
2023 · EU pctl 76
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€21,016M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,272M
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€54,755M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€497M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€395M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Labour market
Employment, total persons
23,120
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
2,080
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,420
2023 · EU pctl 13
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,764
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
125
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
162
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 45
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
2012 · EU pctl 47
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
389 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 93
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
103,300
2024 · EU pctl 4
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
594 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 49 · 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.
241
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
590
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
25,489
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
9,476
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,870
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
341
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
504
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
998 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,065 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
225 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
102 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
800 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
355 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 23
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 61
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 14
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