NUTS-3 DE927 · Germany
Population
121,4682025
GDP
€4,668M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,402.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE927 · DEB1D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Nienburg (Weser) (47). Contrarian pick: Nienburg (Weser) — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Connectivity (86) · Labour market (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 10) — Nienburg (Weser) may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis · Manufacturing → Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis · Office → Nienburg (Weser) · Residential → Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
47.2
58.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.3
68.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.5
63.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.3
86.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.4
56.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
6.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,434
€43,878
Population density
87 /km²
107 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,264M
€4,277M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€223M
€63M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€991M
€1,171M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€662M
€875M
GVA — construction (F)
€312M
€382M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€783M
€735M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,200 PPS
39,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
€44,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€805M
€893M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,150M
€1,033M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,999M
€3,989M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,179
€85,609
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,348M
€1,023M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,160
57,540
Self-employed persons
6,140
4,750
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,590
11,090
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
62,600
56,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,890
3,934
Enterprise births
309
295
Enterprise deaths
354
329
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
238,609
770,445
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,902 kt
3,608 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,210
953
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
996
893
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
75,427
65,918
Population aged 65+
28,805
25,920
Population aged under 15
17,236
14,867
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.2%
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
923
793
Deaths
1,694
1,363
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
61.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
88 /km²
111 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
112,918
80,881
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
12.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,044 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.2 /100k
23.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
401 /100k
110 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
967 /100k
691 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /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)
25 m
471 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr