NUTS-3 DE241 · Germany
Population
77,1502025
GDP
€5,849M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
54.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE241 · DEF01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (47). Contrarian pick: Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 60).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Labour market (88)
Red flags
Flood: 22% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Strengths
Economic base (85) · Labour market (65)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Flood: 22% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
46.8
46.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
60.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.4
57.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
54.0
50.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.7
38.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
19.8
53.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.9% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
1.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.2% 5y
6.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€75,817
€51,368
Population density
1,415 /km²
2,040 /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)
€5,343M
€4,520M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€0M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,380M
€859M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,228M
€554M
GVA — construction (F)
€141M
€123M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,039M
€1,111M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
69,700 PPS
45,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€78,300
€51,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,107M
€925M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,673M
€1,501M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,986M
€4,098M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,937
€84,876
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,657M
€1,111M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,120
62,520
Self-employed persons
4,410
4,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,620
5,890
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,500
54,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,360
3,073
Enterprise births
259
300
Enterprise deaths
233
300
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
842,297
381,150
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,070 kt
1,766 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
351
405
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
455
420
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
95
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
51,865
64,535
Population aged 65+
15,595
19,455
Population aged under 15
9,690
12,336
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
41.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
30.1%
Crude rate of total population change
27.1 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
29.2 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
682
829
Deaths
839
1,145
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.8%
49.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
1,384 /km²
1,691 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,681
78,178
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
90.6 /100k
114 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
389 /100k
456 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,568 /100k
2,324 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /M
29 /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)
243 m
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr