NUTS-3 DEA11 · Germany
Population
618,6852025
GDP
€64,082M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
218.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA11 · DK042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Østjylland (61). Contrarian pick: Østjylland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Connectivity (80)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 13) — Østjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
70.4
60.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.8
76.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.5
63.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
33.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.0
54.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
84.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.2
43.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.3% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€103,577
€54,853
Population density
2,836 /km²
159 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€58,532M
€45,938M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€33M
€468M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,047M
€6,674M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,348M
€5,618M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,150M
€2,703M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€16,997M
€11,810M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
92,800 PPS
42,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€104,100
€55,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€17,735M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€3,003M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€42,693M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€5,316M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€2,496M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€22,834M
€12,698M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,471M
€11,586M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€53,887M
€47,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€117,281
€108,780
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,041M
€12,228M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
576,590
492,610
Self-employed persons
38,280
25,840
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,010
46,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
81.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
333,500
532,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,274
59,668
Enterprise births
3,487
4,069
Enterprise deaths
3,321
5,745
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
2.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
44.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
49.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
29.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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97.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,545,263
3,576,924
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
500 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,025
5,495
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,796 kt
28,018 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
327
582
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
419,881
611,520
Population aged 65+
117,459
180,957
Population aged under 15
81,345
152,546
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
39.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.0%
29.6%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.4 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
10.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
8.5 /1k
Live births
5,581
9,953
Deaths
6,575
7,959
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.3%
54.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
2,998 /km²
163 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
635,749
1,155,758
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
19.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
12.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
169 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
961 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
260 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
129 /100k
23.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
755 /100k
707 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,351 /100k
2,467 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
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3,139 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
42 m
86 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr