NUTS-3 DE40A · Germany
Population
217,6902025
GDP
€6,777M2023
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
1,804.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE40A · DE71D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Oberhavel (48). Contrarian pick: Oberhavel — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Connectivity (80) · Quality of life (68)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Oberhavel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Oberhavel · Manufacturing → Oberhavel · Office → Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis · Residential → Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.
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
48.4
55.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.5
65.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.8
67.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
80.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.7
79.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
27.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.8
30.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.2% 5y
3.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,132
€29,547
Population density
121 /km²
229 /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)
€6,190M
€5,011M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€70M
€37M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,495M
€946M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,227M
€823M
GVA — construction (F)
€420M
€359M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,193M
€1,053M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,000
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,800 PPS
26,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
€29,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€23,042M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,607M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,281M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,452M
€1,429M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,559M
€1,188M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,435M
€4,884M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,998
€86,580
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,659M
€1,068M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
79,490
67,440
Self-employed persons
9,290
8,130
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,650
9,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
110,900
93,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,531
7,763
Enterprise births
594
692
Enterprise deaths
704
718
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.1%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.9%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
509,600
751,449
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,042 kt
2,149 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,216
1,329
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
559
716
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.
65
37
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)
134,208
114,989
Population aged 65+
54,163
45,717
Population aged under 15
29,319
24,945
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
49.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.4%
39.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
-2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
12.3 /1k
Live births
1,265
1,331
Deaths
2,695
2,289
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
61.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
123 /km²
232 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
202,585
163,164
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.0 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,113 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.6 /100k
17.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
273 /100k
211 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
700 /100k
496 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
45 /M
27 /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)
90 m
385 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
67 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr