NUTS-3 DEG0Q · Germany
Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmalkalden-Meiningen generates €4.1bn of GDP across 120.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (86.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Air quality86
Industrial base82
Labour market67
Connectivity62
Quality of life57
Freight intensity57
Cost advantage47
Resilience39
Economic base38
Energy cost36
Talent & skills29
Growth momentum24
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)
42.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24.4
Livability57.4
Market access63
Economic scale24
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)
38.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability31
Diversification32
Demographic stability13
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
Airport access45
Market access63
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)
85.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1011.1 µg/m³
NO24.8 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)
57.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety46.7
Connectivity78
Environment86.7
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
24.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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 · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2366
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 31.2%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 13%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 30.1%
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)
€4,089M2023
5.9% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Population
120,2142025
0.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
57,3402023
0.5% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€3,735M2023
7.4% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
All indicators · 73 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,735M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,165M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,015M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — construction (F)
€259M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€485M
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
30,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 38
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€609M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,123M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,340
2023 · EU pctl 21
Self-employed persons
5,450
2023 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,230
2023 · EU pctl 45
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,576
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise births
220
2023 · EU pctl 8
Enterprise deaths
365
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
740,386
2024 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
568 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,757 kt
2025 · EU pctl 26
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
832
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
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).
692
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
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)
70,637
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
35,181
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
14,396
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
52.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.8%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
-7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
16.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Live births
606
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
1,947
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
97 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
168 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
796 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
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)
357 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 12
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 8
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.7%
2021 · EU pctl 56
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