NUTS-3 DEG0V · Germany
Sonneberg
Export region data (CSV)Sonneberg generates €1.7bn of GDP across 55k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +1.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 0.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (93.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (25.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth16.6
Livability57.6
Market access59
Economic scale5
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)
26.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability32
Diversification15
Demographic stability9
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access41
Market access59
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)
93
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56 µg/m³
PM109.8 µg/m³
NO23.5 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)
57.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40.5
Jobs67.5
Education52
Health25.5
Safety32.7
Connectivity92
Environment93.3
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
16.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-3.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
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 · 39.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2598
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 39.9%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 11%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.4%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).
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,568M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€39M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€625M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€570M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€93M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€173M
2023 · EU pctl 2
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)
27,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,600
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
€273M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€365M
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
1,881
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise births
70
2023 · EU pctl 0
Enterprise deaths
126
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
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
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)
123,374
2024 · EU pctl 5
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.
561
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,021
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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)
32,223
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
16,634
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
6,107
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
53.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-17.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude death rate
17.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
291
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
943
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
121 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 48
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
1.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
238 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,017 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
717 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
109 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 6
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 94
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