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DE125 · IS001

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NUTS-3 DE125 · Germany

Heidelberg, Stadtkreis

Population

155,7562025

GDP

€10,968M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

82.6%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

108.7 km²

NUTS-3 IS001 · Iceland

Höfuðborgarsvæði

Population

249,0542025

GDP

—

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

85.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,033.7 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Heidelberg, Stadtkreis (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Höfuðborgarsvæði (49). Contrarian pick: Höfuðborgarsvæði — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 100).

#1Heidelberg, Stadtkreis

Strengths

Demographic outlook (98) · Economic base (95)

Red flags

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

#2Höfuðborgarsvæði

Strengths

Labour market (100) · Demographic outlook (98)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Heidelberg, Stadtkreis

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 14) — Höfuðborgarsvæði may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Höfuðborgarsvæði · Manufacturing → Höfuðborgarsvæði · Office → Heidelberg, Stadtkreis · Residential → Höfuðborgarsvæði.

Phase-2 diligence checklist

Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics

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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

64.1

49.1

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

50.0

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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

73.9

73.3

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

71.0

91.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

64.3

31.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

68.3

74.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

29.4

74.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

0.7% 5y

—

Population

0.7% 5y

1.3% 5y

Unemployment rate

3.2% 5y

0.0% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€70,418

—

Population density

1,433 /km²

241 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€10,018M

—

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€11M

—

GVA — industry (B–E)

€1,303M

—

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€1,090M

—

GVA — construction (F)

€195M

—

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€2,192M

—

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€29,100

—

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

63,100 PPS

—

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€70,800

—

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€31,701M

—

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€6,099M

—

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€83,032M

—

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€2,796M

—

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€3,521M

—

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€9,513M

—

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€89,636

—

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€2,298M

—

Labour market

Employment, total persons

129,740

—

Self-employed persons

8,520

—

Employment in manufacturing (C)

9,640

—

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

81.4%

88.1%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

5.7%

9.5%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.4%

3.5%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

89,200

152,600

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

6,640

—

Enterprise births

597

—

Enterprise deaths

543

—

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.6%

—

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

5.9%

2.5%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

9.1%

5.6%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

3.5%

2.0%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

40.0%

46.1%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

45.6%

44.8%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

9.3%

27.3%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

27.5%

25.7%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

13.0%

10.2%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

—

98.4%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

1,771,956

3,483,746

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

597 /1k

639 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

966

896

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

2,011 kt

—

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

620

360

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

110,740

166,301

Population aged 65+

25,988

38,312

Population aged under 15

19,028

44,441

Median age of population

35.8 yrs

37.3 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

23.5%

23.0%

Crude rate of total population change

3.7 /1k

20.2 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

4.0 /1k

15.4 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.0 /1k

11.4 /1k

Crude death rate

8.3 /1k

6.6 /1k

Live births

1,249

2,823

Deaths

1,294

1,636

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

40.7%

49.8%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

0.99

1.58

Population density (persons per km²)

1,453 /km²

239 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

183,045

423,254

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

20.5%

—

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.2 yrs

82.8 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

14.9%

—

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

980 /100k

828 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

216 /100k

224 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

1.6 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

65.1 /100k

41.8 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

305 /100k

423 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

2,286 /100k

1,386 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

26 /M

24 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.78

1.63

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.56

1.43

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.58

1.60

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.82

1.65

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.53

1.27

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.161/kWh

€0.088/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.055/kWh

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Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

337 m

100 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

10 days/yr

0 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

72 days/yr

158 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

4 days/yr

16 days/yr