NUTS-3 DE737 · Germany
Population
97,6952025
GDP
€3,545M2023
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
1,019.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE737 · DEC06
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Werra-Meißner-Kreis (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: St. Wendel (44). Contrarian pick: St. Wendel — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 73).
Why you might not pick Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 28) — St. Wendel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Werra-Meißner-Kreis 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
47.0
43.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
28.0
52.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.2
54.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
92.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.7
72.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.6
27.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,288
€35,676
Population density
96 /km²
185 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,238M
€2,862M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€51M
€14M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€575M
€794M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€493M
€579M
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
€149M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€395M
€491M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
€25,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,200 PPS
31,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,200
€35,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
€8,110M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
€1,529M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
€23,975M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€652M
€726M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,387M
€688M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,097M
€2,601M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,004
€86,239
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€747M
€609M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,840
38,190
Self-employed persons
4,460
2,930
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,020
6,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
77.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
49,600
43,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,291
2,745
Enterprise births
261
211
Enterprise deaths
270
209
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
28.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
349,328
775,255
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
646 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,380 kt
1,550 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
863
723
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
883
823
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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94 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
58,978
53,089
Population aged 65+
26,267
24,011
Population aged under 15
12,450
10,713
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
51.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.5%
45.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.7 /1k
-2.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
15.8 /1k
14.4 /1k
Live births
694
556
Deaths
1,550
1,265
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.6%
65.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
96 /km²
186 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
88,031
73,319
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
22.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
15.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
1,123 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
243 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.5 /100k
10.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
189 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
687 /100k
854 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
24 /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)
323 m
350 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr