NUTS-3 DEG09 · Germany
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis generates €3.2bn of GDP across 94.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/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 stable34 → 43 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Demographic outlook75
Labour market67
Connectivity62
Governance56
Freight intensity55
Quality of life49
Cost advantage47
Air quality41
Industrial base40
Resilience36
Energy cost36
Economic base33
Growth momentum31
Talent & skills29
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)
39
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.8
Livability49.3
Market access59
Economic scale17
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability31
Diversification56
Demographic stability2
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density56
Airport access70
Market access59
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.4 µg/m³
PM1016.6 µg/m³
NO211.6 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)
49.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety59
Connectivity56
Environment42
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
30.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.5%
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 · 33.4%Diversified · HHI 2212
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 21.9%Construction 8.7%Trade · transport · ICT 14%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.1%Public · health · education 33.4%
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)
€3,239M2023
7.7% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,734M2025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Population
94,6132025
1.9% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
8.8% 1y 14.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
45,9502023
0.1% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Productivity / employee
€92,4462025
3.3% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€2,958M2023
9.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,958M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€649M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€442M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€256M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€413M
2023 · EU pctl 12
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)
28,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,300
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
€535M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€989M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,734M
2025 · EU pctl 17
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,446
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€624M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,950
2023 · EU pctl 14
Self-employed persons
4,150
2023 · EU pctl 8
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,190
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
45,800
2025 · EU pctl 12
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,932
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
158
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise deaths
208
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
268,354
2024 · EU pctl 16
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.
431
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,862 kt
2025 · EU pctl 19
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
32 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
456
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
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)
55,483
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
26,498
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
12,632
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
-19.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
558
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
1,473
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,678
2100 · EU pctl 16
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
46.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
331 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,219 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
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)
215 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 47
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 64
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 45
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 36
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
33.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 38
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Germany regions