NUTS-3 DE277 · Germany
Population
98,8992025
GDP
€4,272M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
790.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE277 · DEB23
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Dillingen a.d. Donau (54). Contrarian pick: Dillingen a.d. Donau — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Freight intensity (94) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 28) — Dillingen a.d. Donau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Dillingen a.d. Donau · Manufacturing → Dillingen a.d. Donau · Office → Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm · Residential → Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
54.2
58.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
73.0
61.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.3
71.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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98.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.0
76.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.5
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.4
57.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.0% 5y
0.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,195
€37,070
Population density
125 /km²
61 /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)
€3,902M
€3,379M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€123M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,346M
€1,175M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,203M
€925M
GVA — construction (F)
€252M
€250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€537M
€477M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,900 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,600
€36,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,600M
€5,179M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,395M
€716M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,117M
€10,498M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€911M
€726M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€763M
€628M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,645M
€3,119M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,350
€93,627
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€972M
€957M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,380
41,480
Self-employed persons
4,370
4,540
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,890
9,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
82.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
56,100
51,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,646
3,572
Enterprise births
251
263
Enterprise deaths
288
276
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
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R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.8%
35.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.1%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
21.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
6.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
114,137
854,580
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
667 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,994 kt
4,146 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
531
1,102
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
537
1,104
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
62,291
63,215
Population aged 65+
21,808
22,042
Population aged under 15
14,800
14,531
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
-9.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
-6.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
857
844
Deaths
1,104
1,190
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
127 /km²
62 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
99,693
105,195
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.5%
25.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.4%
21.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
989 /100k
986 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.2 /100k
27.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
77.2 /100k
155 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
473 /100k
766 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
36 /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)
419 m
516 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr