NUTS-3 DEG02 · Germany
Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt
Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €3.5bn of GDP across 95.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (67.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable47 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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)
Freight intensity87
Labour market67
Demographic outlook62
Governance56
Connectivity52
Resilience52
Air quality50
Quality of life48
Economic base47
Growth momentum47
Cost advantage47
Energy cost36
Talent & skills29
Industrial base20
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)
42
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47
Livability48
Market access54
Economic scale19
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability32
Diversification13
Demographic stability75
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density58
Airport access44
Market access54
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)
28.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary33
Lifelong learning23
Knowledge workers27
Scientists & engineers31
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO212.1 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)
48
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy50
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety31.3
Connectivity58
Environment51.7
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
47
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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 · 38.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2631
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 13.9%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.1%Public · health · education 38.9%
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)
€3,467M2023
7.2% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,927M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Population
95,6082025
0.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
5.7% 1y 16.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
49,5202023
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Productivity / employee
€73,9772025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Gross value added
€3,167M2023
8.7% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,167M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — industry (B–E)
€441M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€317M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€135M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€679M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,200
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,500
2023 · EU pctl 54
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,609M
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,167M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€42,299M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€669M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,232M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,927M
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,977
2025 · EU pctl 33
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€668M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
49,520
2023 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
3,900
2023 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,930
2023 · EU pctl 11
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.7%
2019 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,500
2025 · EU pctl 11
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,955
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise births
172
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
234
2023 · EU pctl 8
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.4%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
133,285
2024 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
568 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 36 · 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.
454
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,832 kt
2025 · EU pctl 36
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
475
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
32 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
55,230
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
28,232
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged under 15
12,146
2025 · EU pctl 12
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
573
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
1,475
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.1%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
629 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
91,851
2100 · EU pctl 15
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,212 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
93.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
758 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,643 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
195 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 27
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
6.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.8%
2021 · EU pctl 80
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