NUTS-3 DEG0R · Germany
Wartburgkreis
Wartburgkreis generates €6.0bn of GDP across 155k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (77th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base93
Air quality74
Freight intensity71
Labour market67
Connectivity65
Quality of life57
Economic base54
Cost advantage47
Energy cost36
Talent & skills29
Growth momentum25
Resilience24
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)
46.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.2
Livability57.1
Market access64
Economic scale38
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability31
Diversification20
Demographic stability12
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 density77
Airport access53
Market access64
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1012.5 µg/m³
NO27.6 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)
57.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety49.3
Connectivity77
Environment74.7
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
25.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 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 · 37.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2506
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 37.5%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 13.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.2%Public · health · education 23.3%
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)
€5,962M2023
2.8% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
154,9572025
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
75,9102023
0.7% 1y 17.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Gross value added
€5,446M2023
4.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 73 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,446M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,045M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,847M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — construction (F)
€291M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€750M
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)
34,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,100
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
€993M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,267M
2023 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
75,910
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
5,920
2023 · EU pctl 17
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,530
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
4,659
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise births
208
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
337
2023 · EU pctl 16
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
680,642
2024 · EU pctl 40
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
568 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,006 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,054
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
680
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
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.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
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)
91,311
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
44,056
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
19,590
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 92
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of total population change
-8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
853
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
2,260
2024 · EU pctl 37
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.7%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 46
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
833 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
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)
301 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 24
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 18
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 35
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.9%
2021 · EU pctl 72
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