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
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,018.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21D · DEB3H
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Südliche Weinstraße (52). Contrarian pick: Südliche Weinstraße — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 82).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Air quality (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (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) — Südliche Weinstraße may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Südliche Weinstraße · Manufacturing → Südliche Weinstraße · 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
52.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
82.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.5
60.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.5
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.4
41.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
10.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,990
€32,374
Population density
88 /km²
176 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,262M
€3,342M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
€211M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€315M
€760M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€234M
€690M
GVA — construction (F)
€159M
€180M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
€565M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
28,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
€32,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€732M
€832M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,350M
€795M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,106M
€3,109M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,308
€82,287
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€947M
€786M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,450
46,580
Self-employed persons
5,830
5,180
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,480
7,710
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
46,400
59,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,353
4,144
Enterprise births
369
326
Enterprise deaths
423
376
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,170,890
661,578
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,322 kt
4,295 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
514
645
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
576
571
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
54,894
69,154
Population aged 65+
22,885
28,419
Population aged under 15
11,517
15,458
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
41.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
12.3 /1k
Live births
647
800
Deaths
1,117
1,389
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
63.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
177 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
87,485
94,260
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
1.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
19.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.8 /100k
213 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
634 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
25 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
908 m
146 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
135 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
2 days/yr