NUTS-3 DEG0C · Germany
Gotha
Gotha generates €4.7bn of GDP across 135.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (67.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (24.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser34 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (+14 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 intensity84
Industrial base80
Labour market67
Connectivity67
Resilience56
Governance56
Cost advantage47
Quality of life45
Economic base40
Growth momentum40
Energy cost36
Talent & skills29
Demographic outlook25
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)
42.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40
Livability44.7
Market access59
Economic scale28
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability32
Diversification54
Demographic stability53
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access89
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
44.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy46.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety24.7
Connectivity52
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
40
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2227
Agriculture 3%Industry 30.7%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.5%Public · health · education 25.2%
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)
€4,699M2023
6.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,967M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Population
135,8382025
0.8% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
8.8% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
63,2302023
0.9% 1y 17.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Productivity / employee
€186,4072025
3.3% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Gross value added
€4,292M2023
7.7% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,292M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€128M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,318M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,113M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€284M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€770M
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
30,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 40
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
€710M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,082M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,967M
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€186,407
2025 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€905M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
63,230
2023 · EU pctl 25
Self-employed persons
5,130
2023 · EU pctl 14
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,330
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
67,300
2025 · EU pctl 24
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,086
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise births
210
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
260
2023 · EU pctl 10
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 4
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)
842,907
2024 · EU pctl 48
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.
575
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,522 kt
2025 · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
423
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,658
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged 65+
36,981
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
17,199
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.3%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of total population change
-8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
734
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
1,974
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
146 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
123,521
2100 · EU pctl 26
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
3.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
301 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,344 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
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)
325 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
24.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 27
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