NUTS-3 DEG0U · Germany
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt generates €3.3bn of GDP across 100.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base88
Connectivity68
Labour market67
Quality of life56
Air quality49
Cost advantage47
Freight intensity47
Energy cost36
Economic base35
Resilience32
Talent & skills29
Growth momentum25
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)
38.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24.8
Livability55.7
Market access55
Economic scale18
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)
31.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability33
Diversification23
Demographic stability17
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access62
Market access55
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1015 µg/m³
NO29.9 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)
55.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety62
Connectivity88
Environment50.7
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
24.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2450
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 34.8%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 12.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.6%Public · health · education 27.5%
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)
€3,312M2023
3.7% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Population
100,1052025
1.0% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
43,9202023
0.5% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Gross value added
€3,025M2023
5.2% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
All indicators · 73 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,025M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,054M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€904M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — construction (F)
€190M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€383M
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
29,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 35
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,700
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
€503M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€831M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,920
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
4,250
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,930
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
3,430
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise births
174
2023 · EU pctl 5
Enterprise deaths
239
2023 · EU pctl 9
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
342,426
2024 · EU pctl 22
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
568 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,732 kt
2025 · EU pctl 18
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
871
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
870
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
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.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
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)
56,932
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
31,382
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
11,791
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
54.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
55.1%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of total population change
-10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
16.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
505
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
1,641
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
101 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
206 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,013 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
541 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 53
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 32
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.8%
2021 · EU pctl 72
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