NUTS-3 DEG05 · Germany
Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt
Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.4bn of GDP across 66k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/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
Long-run faller69 → 56 EU percentile since 1995 (-13 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)
Labour market67
Connectivity63
Governance56
Economic base51
Quality of life51
Air quality50
Resilience48
Cost advantage47
Growth momentum38
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook31
Talent & skills29
Industrial base18
Freight intensity2
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)
38
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability50.9
Market access53
Economic scale10
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability100
Labour stability31
Diversification4
Demographic stability57
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
Airport access80
Market access53
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM1014 µg/m³
NO213 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)
50.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety53.3
Connectivity55
Environment51.3
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 45.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3067
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 12.1%Construction 3%Trade · transport · ICT 14.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 45.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,436M2023
4.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,057M2025
0.2% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Population
65,9542025
0.7% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
2.8% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
34,9402023
0.5% 1y 10.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Productivity / employee
€130,6682025
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Gross value added
€2,225M2023
5.9% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,225M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€268M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€209M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€66M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€323M
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
33,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 51
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,200
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
€546M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,020M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,057M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€130,668
2025 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€469M
2025 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Employment, total persons
34,940
2023 · EU pctl 7
Self-employed persons
3,110
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,600
2023 · EU pctl 4
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)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
33,900
2025 · EU pctl 7
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,396
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
150
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise deaths
211
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
758,113
2024 · EU pctl 44
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.
294
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
371 kt
2025 · EU pctl 1
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
446
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
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.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
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)
41,065
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
16,294
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
8,595
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
386
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
838
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.97
2024 · EU pctl 2
Population density (persons per km²)
783 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 87
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
60,666
2100 · EU pctl 8
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
536 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,853 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
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)
224 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 41
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 54
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 39
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.1%
2021 · EU pctl 39
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Germany regions