NUTS-3 DE300 · Germany
Population
3,685,2652025
GDP
€199,565M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
895.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE300 · ES511
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Barcelona (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Berlin (66). Contrarian pick: Berlin — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 87).
#2Berlin
Strengths
Demographic outlook (89) · Economic base (87)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Barcelona
Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 18) — Berlin may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Barcelona · Manufacturing → Barcelona · Office → Barcelona · Residential → Berlin.
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
66.2
71.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.0
42.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.7
54.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.3
18.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.3
49.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
86.5
76.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
68.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.0% 5y
7.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€54,152
€35,162
Population density
4,117 /km²
772 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€182,283M
€190,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
€880M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,437M
€35,438M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,664M
€29,449M
GVA — construction (F)
€6,790M
€9,083M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,610M
€55,126M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,400
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,700 PPS
40,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,700
€35,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€39,950M
€57,689M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,462M
€9,484M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€112,242M
€147,909M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€16,453M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11,914M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€57,889M
€55,293M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€55,553M
€35,076M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€180,082M
€198,856M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,679
€78,611
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€40,567M
€48,409M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,197,430
2,865,100
Self-employed persons
214,050
368,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
112,010
341,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.7%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.8%
19.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
8.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,996,000
3,145,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
170,919
489,832
Enterprise births
19,740
46,485
Enterprise deaths
20,090
39,035
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
10.0%
6.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.3%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.1%
46.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
55.3%
57.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.9%
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.1%
28.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
8.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
98.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
30,394,844
41,221,572
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
334 /1k
450 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,572 kt
141,294 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13,046
10,112
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
86 km/1000km²
46 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
354
170
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
52
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)
2,466,429
4,007,868
Population aged 65+
707,418
1,174,289
Population aged under 15
511,418
777,784
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
29.3%
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
13.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
15.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
8.2 /1k
Live births
33,749
39,034
Deaths
37,686
48,823
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
48.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
4,343 /km²
767 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
4,335,249
7,319,537
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.4%
21.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.7%
14.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
360 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,007 /100k
806 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
208 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
371 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,098 /100k
342 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,228 /100k
1,112 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
15 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
41 m
368 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
45 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
21 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
6 days/yr