Data & Facts about the Thuringia Location
Here you will find current statistical data and facts on population, education, labor market and skilled workers in Thuringia as well as well-founded key figures on the economic strength, industry structure and location quality of the Free State.
Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, 2025
Employment Employed persons approx. 1 million (2024/2025)
Age structure (employed persons)
Source: Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, 2024/2025
Economy
The economic location of Thuringia is today characterized by a broadly diversified industry. The spectrum ranges from the food industry to the automotive industry to high-tech sectors such as biotechnology and optoelectronics. A high-performance skilled trades sector and the increasingly growing service sector also stand for Thuringia's economic strength.
For years, the manufacturing sector has been the growth engine, with its gross value added increasing by about 30% over the last ten years. The share of the manufacturing sector in Thuringia's economic output is above the national average.
Foreign trade
Sources: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, statista & Destatis, 2025
Thuringia's industrial exports recently reached a volume of around 14 billion euros. This continues the moderate upward trend of recent years.
Vehicle parts continued to be in high demand, followed by plastic products, electrical equipment, and measuring, control, and regulation technology products. Pharmaceutical products are also playing an increasingly important role in the state's export mix.
The most important sales markets for Thuringian products remain the USA, China, France and Austria as well as other European neighboring countries.
Exports by product groups
Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics (TLS), Thuringia foreign trade / Exports by product groups 2025 (provisional values), Foreign trade statistics, 2025
Education
Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics (University statistics winter semester 2024/25)
Research & Innovation
Source: Company and Technology Database of LEG Thüringen, 2026
