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
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DE932 · DED53
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cuxhaven (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Nordsachsen (54). Contrarian pick: Nordsachsen — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 94).
#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) — Nordsachsen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cuxhaven 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
56.0
54.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.3
40.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.4
64.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
80.7
85.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.3
61.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
69.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.6
49.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.9% 5y
4.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.8% 5y
4.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,997
€37,519
Population density
96 /km²
98 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,811M
€6,834M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€463M
€227M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,033M
€1,331M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€590M
€986M
GVA — construction (F)
€479M
€533M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€965M
€2,161M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,400
€24,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
33,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,900
€37,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,211M
€9,129M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,023M
€1,577M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,011M
€24,874M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,305M
€1,023M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,565M
€1,560M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,365M
€6,428M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,644
€82,621
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,670M
€1,535M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,580
95,370
Self-employed persons
8,400
8,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,140
14,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
80.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
5.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
96,300
97,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,989
6,792
Enterprise births
510
350
Enterprise deaths
568
505
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
6.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
1.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.6%
39.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.9%
47.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.3%
12.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.1%
27.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
9.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,269,144
580,511
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
653 /1k
478 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,191
1,420
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,432 kt
12,157 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,102
712
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
56
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)
118,861
117,668
Population aged 65+
53,001
55,174
Population aged under 15
26,980
26,580
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
50.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
46.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
-6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
1,509
1,110
Deaths
2,990
2,796
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.3%
69.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
100 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,461
173,086
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.1%
20.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.4%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,033 /100k
1,076 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
32.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
251 /100k
374 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
844 /100k
907 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
35 /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
185 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
55 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr