NUTS-3 DE403 · Germany
Population
57,1072025
GDP
€2,630M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
146.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE403 · DE24D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt (35).
Strengths
Economic base (76) · Labour market (70)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge 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
34.6
42.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
24.5
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.7
68.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.0
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
27.0
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.8
33.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.0% 5y
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,045
€46,716
Population density
389 /km²
116 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,402M
€3,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€176M
€1,034M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€79M
€917M
GVA — construction (F)
€139M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€405M
€388M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,000
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,300 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
€46,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€23,042M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,607M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,281M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€511M
€770M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,162M
€661M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,109M
€2,810M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,651
€86,992
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€644M
€934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
37,680
39,920
Self-employed persons
2,720
3,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
950
12,150
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
28,300
37,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,809
2,533
Enterprise births
108
154
Enterprise deaths
157
189
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.1%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.9%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
129,881
384,444
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
711 kt
2,988 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
317
935
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
1,325
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
65
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)
34,235
42,257
Population aged 65+
16,228
19,342
Population aged under 15
6,644
8,950
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.4%
45.8%
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
-5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
16.4 /1k
Live births
307
481
Deaths
874
1,162
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
67.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
396 /km²
117 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
32,622
63,807
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.0 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,113 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
12.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
578 /100k
321 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,957 /100k
944 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
45 /M
37 /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)
93 m
569 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr