NUTS-3 DE932 · Germany
Population
198,8422025
GDP
€6,362M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,061.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE932 · DEC05
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cuxhaven (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Saarpfalz-Kreis (49). Contrarian pick: Saarpfalz-Kreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 91).
#1Cuxhaven
Strengths
Air quality (81) · Labour market (72)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cuxhaven
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Saarpfalz-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Cuxhaven · Manufacturing → Saarpfalz-Kreis · Office → Saarpfalz-Kreis · Residential → Cuxhaven.
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
56.0
49.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.3
45.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.4
54.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
80.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.3
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.6
25.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.9% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.8% 5y
7.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,997
€47,562
Population density
96 /km²
342 /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)
€5,811M
€6,260M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€463M
€12M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,033M
€2,113M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€590M
€2,003M
GVA — construction (F)
€479M
€323M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€965M
€1,209M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,400
€25,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
42,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,900
€47,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,211M
€8,110M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,023M
€1,529M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,011M
€23,975M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,305M
€1,091M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,565M
€1,513M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,365M
€5,691M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,644
€83,793
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,670M
€1,332M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,580
85,990
Self-employed persons
8,400
5,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,140
21,710
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
77.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
96,300
71,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,989
5,323
Enterprise births
510
420
Enterprise deaths
568
462
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.6%
28.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.9%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.3%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.1%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,269,144
221,283
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
653 /1k
646 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,432 kt
3,849 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,191
1,198
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,102
831
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.
61
76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
118,861
87,425
Population aged 65+
53,001
38,740
Population aged under 15
26,980
17,927
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
49.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
44.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
-2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
4.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
14.8 /1k
Live births
1,509
1,055
Deaths
2,990
2,133
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.3%
64.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
345 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,461
125,352
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.1%
22.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.4%
15.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,033 /100k
1,123 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
243 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
22.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
251 /100k
207 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
844 /100k
863 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /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)
36 m
383 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr