NUTS-3 DE21D · Germany
Population
89,2962025
GDP
€3,571M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,018.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21D · AT226
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Westliche Obersteiermark (41). Contrarian pick: Westliche Obersteiermark — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Air quality (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Westliche Obersteiermark may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Garmisch-Partenkirchen · Manufacturing → Westliche Obersteiermark · Office → Garmisch-Partenkirchen · Residential → Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
54.2
40.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
59.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.5
59.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.5
49.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
42.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
66.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.4
35.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,990
€41,600
Population density
88 /km²
32 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,262M
€3,681M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
€180M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€315M
€1,160M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€234M
€976M
GVA — construction (F)
€159M
€250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
€677M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
36,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
€41,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€15,264M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€3,445M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€31,076M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€732M
€657M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,350M
€756M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,106M
€3,599M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,308
€104,802
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€947M
€1,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,450
42,500
Self-employed persons
5,830
6,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,480
9,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
11.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
5.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
46,400
47,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,353
5,328
Enterprise births
369
336
Enterprise deaths
423
236
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
3.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
23.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
10.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
94.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,170,890
1,483,584
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
626 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,322 kt
7,505 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
514
—
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
576
—
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
19 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
54,894
60,502
Population aged 65+
22,885
25,253
Population aged under 15
11,517
12,659
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
49.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
13.6 /1k
Live births
647
748
Deaths
1,117
1,343
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
32 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
87,485
76,789
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
723 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
954 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
4.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.8 /100k
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
499 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
908 m
1,095 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
135 days/yr
155 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
8 days/yr