NUTS-3 DE40H · Germany
Population
177,6882025
GDP
€7,647M2023
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
2,101.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE40H · DEA16
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Teltow-Fläming (56). Contrarian pick: Teltow-Fläming — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 18) — Teltow-Fläming may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Teltow-Fläming · Manufacturing → Teltow-Fläming · Office → Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Teltow-Fläming.
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
56.2
61.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.8
46.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.8
45.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
55.3
47.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.7
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
27.0
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.8
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,035
€46,273
Population density
85 /km²
1,915 /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)
€6,985M
€7,314M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,204M
€1,784M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,842M
€1,621M
GVA — construction (F)
€550M
€341M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,721M
€1,414M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,000
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,600 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,300
€46,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€23,042M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,607M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,281M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,239M
€2,441M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,166M
€1,331M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,133M
€6,734M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,805
€102,436
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,872M
€1,255M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
84,250
82,490
Self-employed persons
8,070
6,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,590
12,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
91,500
85,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,635
6,165
Enterprise births
488
565
Enterprise deaths
601
586
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.1%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.9%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
601,780
166,627
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,994 kt
2,551 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,242
593
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
699
343
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.
32
16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
110,652
107,075
Population aged 65+
41,779
41,448
Population aged under 15
25,257
24,527
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.8%
38.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.5 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
1,207
1,365
Deaths
2,252
2,339
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
1,901 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
181,474
159,067
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.0 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,113 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.8 /100k
58.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
304 /100k
629 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
923 /100k
1,488 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
45 /M
22 /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)
43 m
35 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
35 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr