NUTS-3 DE80J · Germany
Population
246,3182025
GDP
€9,368M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,500.4 km²
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DE80J · DED43
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mittelsachsen (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (47). Contrarian pick: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 84).
Why you might not pick Mittelsachsen
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 17) — Mecklenburgische Seenplatte may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mecklenburgische Seenplatte · Manufacturing → Mittelsachsen · Office → Mecklenburgische Seenplatte · Residential → Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.
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
47.1
47.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.8
42.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.7
58.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
56.3
77.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
46.3
65.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.3
22.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.6
17.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,032
€33,844
Population density
45 /km²
140 /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)
€8,557M
€9,164M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€375M
€273M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,682M
€2,574M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€944M
€2,256M
GVA — construction (F)
€591M
€738M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,635M
€1,601M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
30,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
€33,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,049M
€10,850M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€885M
€1,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€30,582M
€27,479M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,575M
€1,640M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,699M
€2,337M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,842M
€8,627M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,519
€79,453
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,103M
€2,228M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
120,520
135,220
Self-employed persons
10,840
13,010
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,290
31,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
4.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
115,800
148,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,393
10,437
Enterprise births
477
561
Enterprise deaths
639
756
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.3%
29.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.4%
31.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.6%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,415,691
531,357
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
564 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,740 kt
13,439 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,612
2,867
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,060
967
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 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.
122
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
142,498
169,639
Population aged 65+
73,587
88,666
Population aged under 15
30,233
38,126
Median age of population
53.1 yrs
52.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.6%
52.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
-4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
15.4 /1k
Live births
1,387
1,673
Deaths
4,095
4,578
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.9%
74.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
48 /km²
141 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
216,038
272,052
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.5%
21.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.7 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
18.2%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,126 /100k
1,211 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
267 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.2 /100k
15.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
281 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,035 /100k
587 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
29 /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)
60 m
339 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr