NUTS-3 DEG0D · Germany
Sömmerda
Sömmerda generates €2.2bn of GDP across 67.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/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 riser26 → 43 EU percentile since 1995 (+17 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 intensity90
Industrial base90
Labour market67
Connectivity65
Governance56
Quality of life47
Cost advantage47
Growth momentum38
Economic base36
Energy cost36
Resilience34
Demographic outlook31
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)
36.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability47.3
Market access53
Economic scale9
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability31
Diversification35
Demographic stability20
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)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety33
Connectivity61
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 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: Industry · 37.6%Diversified · HHI 2344
Agriculture 5.4%Industry 37.6%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 14%Finance · real estate · prof. 14%Public · health · education 21.3%
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)
€2,246M2023
8.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,896M2025
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Population
67,6932025
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
0.0% 1y 11.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
28,3302023
0.8% 1y 13.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Productivity / employee
€41,4012025
3.3% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Gross value added
€2,052M2023
10.0% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,052M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€110M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — industry (B–E)
€771M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€636M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€162M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€287M
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
29,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,900
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
€286M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€437M
2023 · EU pctl 8
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,896M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,401
2025 · EU pctl 11
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€433M
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
28,330
2023 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
2,530
2023 · EU pctl 2
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,910
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
33,100
2025 · EU pctl 6
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,040
2023 · EU pctl 3
Enterprise births
114
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise deaths
163
2023 · EU pctl 4
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)
91,887
2024 · EU pctl 3
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.
341
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,633 kt
2025 · EU pctl 25
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).
504
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
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)
40,189
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged 65+
18,711
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
8,793
2025 · EU pctl 6
Median age of population
50.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Live births
363
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
954
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.4%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
60,681
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
2.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
332 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
827 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
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)
140 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
14.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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