NUTS-3 DE262 · Germany
Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €6.2bn of GDP across 54.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.9/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader99 → 99 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Economic base99
Industrial base99
Freight intensity91
Labour market84
Demographic outlook65
Quality of life64
Energy cost62
Air quality60
Governance56
Connectivity55
Talent & skills46
Resilience40
Growth momentum29
Cost advantage13
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)
50.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29.2
Livability64.3
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
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)
64.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93
Jobs86
Education56
Health54
Safety27
Connectivity73
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
29.2
/ 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
+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 · 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€6,178M2023
7.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,313M2025
0.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Population
54,4812025
1.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
3.6% 1y 15.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
66,0402023
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€98,8542025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€5,643M2023
9.2% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
All indicators · 83 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,313M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,854
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,155M
2025 · EU pctl 31
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,600
2025 · EU pctl 5
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · 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)
231,496
2025 · EU pctl 14
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.
350
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,011 kt
2025 · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
642
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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 91
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
52,506
2100 · EU pctl 6
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
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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.8%
2021 · EU pctl 35
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