NUTS-3 DE736 · Germany
Population
155,1262025
GDP
€7,380M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,836.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE736 · DE931
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Waldeck-Frankenberg (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Celle (52).
Why you might not pick Waldeck-Frankenberg
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 30) — Celle may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Waldeck-Frankenberg 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
56.3
52.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.3
46.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.2
55.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
93.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.3
68.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.8
43.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,574
€40,079
Population density
84 /km²
111 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,741M
€6,313M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
€145M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,076M
€1,820M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,865M
€1,432M
GVA — construction (F)
€372M
€312M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,189M
€824M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
€28,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,400 PPS
35,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
€16,211M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
€1,023M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
€31,011M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,335M
€1,217M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,670M
€1,995M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,446M
€5,828M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,621
€87,896
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,555M
€1,814M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,590
84,150
Self-employed persons
7,490
7,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,640
13,670
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
80.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
80,600
85,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,474
5,745
Enterprise births
437
475
Enterprise deaths
464
492
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
30.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
8.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
8.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,047,581
797,097
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
653 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,602 kt
2,995 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,958
1,036
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,262
601
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
38
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)
95,967
105,256
Population aged 65+
38,168
42,439
Population aged under 15
20,991
24,754
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
40.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
-2.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.0 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
14.2 /1k
Live births
1,226
1,364
Deaths
2,163
2,454
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
63.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
112 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
144,751
166,013
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
20.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
1,033 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
40.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
301 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
1,130 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
41 /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)
347 m
59 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
50 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr