NUTS-3 DE94H · Germany
Population
55,9692025
GDP
€1,983M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
653.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE94H · DEB1C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cochem-Zell (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Wittmund (43). Contrarian pick: Wittmund — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 82).
Strengths
Connectivity (87) · Labour market (80)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Wittmund
Strengths
Labour market (82) · Quality of life (60)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cochem-Zell
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 14) — Wittmund may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cochem-Zell 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
42.9
51.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.3
63.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.5
59.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.0
87.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.0
53.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,433
€40,261
Population density
86 /km²
89 /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)
€1,811M
€2,266M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
€42M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€266M
€343M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€106M
€190M
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
€224M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€354M
€498M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,600 PPS
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,400
€40,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€415M
€424M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€542M
€734M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,651M
€2,114M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,163
€82,595
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€534M
€542M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,850
31,590
Self-employed persons
3,910
3,130
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,940
3,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,100
32,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,236
2,512
Enterprise births
171
170
Enterprise deaths
177
195
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.4%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.9%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,457,316
1,758,034
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,707 kt
2,290 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
591
649
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,056
1,053
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
22
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)
33,576
37,730
Population aged 65+
15,085
15,980
Population aged under 15
7,308
7,898
Median age of population
50.7 yrs
50.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.9%
42.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
14.2 /1k
Live births
390
462
Deaths
808
877
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
63.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
86 /km²
87 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,777
46,538
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
12.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.9 /100k
14.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
99.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
675 /100k
575 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /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)
1 m
377 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr