NUTS-3 DE913 · Germany
Population
129,5602025
GDP
€23,817M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
206.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE913 · DEB11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt (64). Contrarian pick: Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 80).
Why you might not pick Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 33) — Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
65.5
64.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.8
51.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.7
55.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.0
35.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.0
69.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.4
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
12.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€183,831
€90,365
Population density
628 /km²
1,071 /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)
€21,755M
€9,358M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
€9M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,385M
€1,487M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€16,165M
€1,209M
GVA — construction (F)
€145M
€242M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,229M
€1,882M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
164,900 PPS
80,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€185,100
€90,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,653M
€2,579M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,331M
€3,160M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,598M
€8,730M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€194,311
€95,300
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,077M
€2,238M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,830
113,090
Self-employed persons
2,690
5,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
71,080
10,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
67,400
63,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,487
4,554
Enterprise births
253
425
Enterprise deaths
233
368
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
626,058
845,736
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,843 kt
4,124 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
612
639
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
472
564
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,461
74,091
Population aged 65+
28,708
25,011
Population aged under 15
19,391
14,276
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.6 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
4.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
1,074
933
Deaths
1,612
1,442
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
53.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
635 /km²
1,134 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
133,105
101,393
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.7%
12.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
81.2 /100k
55.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
954 /100k
281 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,493 /100k
2,095 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
39 /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)
63 m
104 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
48 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr