NUTS-3 DE223 · Germany
Population
49,0022025
GDP
€3,230M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
67.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE223 · DE233
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt (40).
Why you might not pick Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 15) — Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
45.5
39.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
59.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.4
58.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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33.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.3
53.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.8
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.6
27.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.0% 5y
9.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€65,918
€68,834
Population density
729 /km²
598 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,950M
€2,669M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
€6M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€556M
€388M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€460M
€319M
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
€109M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€731M
€748M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,300
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
60,900 PPS
61,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€68,400
€69,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,377M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,308M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,040M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€626M
€600M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€927M
€817M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,681M
€2,494M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,221
€78,775
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€810M
€737M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,720
38,650
Self-employed persons
2,670
2,430
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,480
4,640
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.5%
83.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,900
24,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,031
1,835
Enterprise births
165
116
Enterprise deaths
137
117
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.2%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
112,207
76,287
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,874 kt
1,547 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
272
285
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
672
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
32,220
27,113
Population aged 65+
10,788
10,005
Population aged under 15
5,994
5,326
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.5%
36.9%
Crude rate of total population change
30.6 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
35.4 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
395
377
Deaths
624
589
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.1%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
743 /km²
598 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
44,791
37,962
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,108 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
7.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.9 /100k
28.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,342 /100k
1,164 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
38 /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)
322 m
390 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr