NUTS-3 DE258 · Germany
Population
117,7192025
GDP
€3,225M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
306.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE258 · DEB3I
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Fürth, Landkreis (48). Contrarian pick: Fürth, Landkreis — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Labour market (76) · Resilience (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (97) · Labour market (86)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 10) — Fürth, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 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
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
48.3
50.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.3
71.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.3
56.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
54.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.0
36.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.0% 5y
10.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,396
€23,564
Population density
384 /km²
510 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,946M
€3,355M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
€223M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€590M
€397M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€492M
€218M
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
€317M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€502M
€772M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,400 PPS
21,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,400
€23,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€942M
€1,062M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€658M
€584M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,794M
€3,121M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,073
€86,971
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€694M
€789M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,820
44,230
Self-employed persons
5,030
5,440
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,410
3,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
61,600
81,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,589
4,891
Enterprise births
393
435
Enterprise deaths
390
491
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
199,988
116,255
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,469 kt
3,582 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
622
464
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
528
298
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
72,166
94,728
Population aged 65+
28,503
37,828
Population aged under 15
17,050
23,326
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
39.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.9 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
924
1,264
Deaths
1,409
1,889
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.1%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
383 /km²
530 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
132,141
134,484
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
18.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
86.7 /100k
182 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
420 /100k
646 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /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)
370 m
96 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
21 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr