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Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt

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Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €6.2bn of GDP across 54.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +1.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (93th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (27th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.8
Livability64.1
Market access71
Economic scale39
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability73
Diversification2
Demographic stability68
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)
54.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density72
Airport access21
Market access71
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning29
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers54
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5
PM1011.5 µg/m³
NO214.4 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)
64.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93
Jobs86
Education56
Health54
Safety27
Connectivity72
Environment61
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
26.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.0 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: Industry · 52.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3441
Industry 52.5%Construction 3.8%Trade · transport · ICT 10.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.3%Public · health · education 19.1%
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).
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,643M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,960M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,858M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — construction (F)
€217M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€580M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,800
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
102,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€115,000
2023 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,277M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,933M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€34,752M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€805M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,079M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,040
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
2,790
2023 · EU pctl 3
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,210
2023 · EU pctl 65
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,008
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
140
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise deaths
136
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 42
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
21
2012 · EU pctl 56
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
387 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 93
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
250,666
2024 · EU pctl 15
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
665 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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.
348
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
639
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
87
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
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)
33,760
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
13,244
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
7,477
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
446
2024 · EU pctl 6
Deaths
725
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
1,549 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.5%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,004 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
208 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
70.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
252 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,195 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
233 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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 15
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 63
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 12
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