NUTS-3 DEF0C · Germany
Schleswig-Flensburg
Export region data (CSV)Schleswig-Flensburg generates €7.4bn of GDP across 205.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.8
Livability67.7
Market access48
Economic scale47
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability54
Diversification82
Demographic stability70
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access11
Market access48
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers39
Scientists & engineers50
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)
87
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56 µg/m³
PM1011.6 µg/m³
NO26 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)
67.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63.5
Jobs66.5
Education42.5
Health42.5
Safety77.3
Connectivity94
Environment87.7
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
53.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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: Public · health · education · 26.8%Diversified · HHI 2063
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 20.3%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 26.8%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,765M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,372M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€592M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€520M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,278M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,800
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,200
2023 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,063M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,460M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€61,661M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,519M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,810M
2023 · EU pctl 57
Labour market
Employment, total persons
90,240
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
10,590
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,330
2023 · EU pctl 27
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.0%
2019 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,940
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise births
618
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise deaths
674
2023 · EU pctl 38
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 26
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 29
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · 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)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,175,693
2024 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · 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.
2,230
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,085
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
109
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
124,414
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged 65+
51,938
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
29,120
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
1,579
2024 · EU pctl 44
Deaths
2,886
2024 · EU pctl 48
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.2%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
823 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
24 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
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 16
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 11
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
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