NUTS-3 DEG0T · Germany
Ilm-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Ilm-Kreis generates €3.9bn of GDP across 106.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (68th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.2
Livability50.3
Market access56
Economic scale23
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability44
Labour stability32
Diversification19
Demographic stability49
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access79
Market access56
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)
50.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy51
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety37.7
Connectivity68
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
47.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 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 · 38.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2527
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 38.4%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 15.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.5%Public · health · education 23.6%
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).
All indicators · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,603M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€92M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,383M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,289M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — construction (F)
€178M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€543M
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
32,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,900
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
€557M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€850M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
37,510
2023 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
4,300
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,190
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
3,481
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise births
188
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise deaths
249
2023 · EU pctl 9
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
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)
369,211
2024 · EU pctl 24
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.
641
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
601
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
64,172
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged 65+
29,398
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
13,087
2025 · EU pctl 14
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 83
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
541
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
1,548
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.2%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.4%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
520 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,195 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
443 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
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