NUTS-3 DEA1A · Germany
Population
358,1932025
GDP
€14,549M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
167.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA1A · DE949
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Emsland (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt (61). Contrarian pick: Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 77).
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Economic base (62)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 20 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Emsland
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Emsland 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
61.0
69.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.8
58.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.1
58.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
35.7
73.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
63.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,617
€54,054
Population density
2,138 /km²
116 /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)
€13,289M
€16,517M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
€902M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,031M
€5,603M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,639M
€3,856M
GVA — construction (F)
€427M
€1,538M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,431M
€2,770M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
48,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,600
€54,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,643M
€3,050M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,751M
€2,654M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,234M
€15,050M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,884
€93,556
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,280M
€4,868M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
178,760
204,540
Self-employed persons
14,340
16,510
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,870
46,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
183,100
185,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,711
11,572
Enterprise births
1,078
919
Enterprise deaths
1,211
887
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
410,838
2,251,211
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,785 kt
22,791 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,655
2,064
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
462
617
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
230,512
214,239
Population aged 65+
75,601
69,617
Population aged under 15
52,080
50,683
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.8%
32.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
3.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
3,163
3,048
Deaths
4,323
3,732
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
56.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
2,133 /km²
116 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
365,575
352,072
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
117 /100k
37.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
419 /100k
232 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,343 /100k
1,095 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
54 /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)
291 m
28 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
41 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr