NUTS-3 DE735 · Germany
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Schwalm-Eder-Kreis generates €7.1bn of GDP across 180.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (73th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.8
Livability52.6
Market access73
Economic scale45
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability48
Diversification47
Demographic stability47
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access61
Market access73
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)
29.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary17
Lifelong learning25
Knowledge workers32
Scientists & engineers45
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)
52.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy62
Jobs73
Education40.5
Health29.5
Safety41.7
Connectivity69
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
38.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.8 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 · 26.2%Diversified · HHI 2265
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 26.2%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 22.1%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,493M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€102M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,704M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,541M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€256M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,389M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,900
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,500
2023 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,649M
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,829M
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€32,339M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,604M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,437M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
81,480
2023 · EU pctl 36
Self-employed persons
7,370
2023 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,910
2023 · EU pctl 43
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,453
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
398
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
482
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 18
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
17
2012 · EU pctl 51
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
96 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 52
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.8%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
449,843
2024 · EU pctl 29
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
642 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · 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.
1,090
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
605
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
111,331
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
44,523
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
24,217
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
1,265
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
2,494
2024 · EU pctl 42
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,078 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
185 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
781 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
281 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
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