NUTS-3 DEB24 · Germany
Population
59,3132025
GDP
€2,480M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2%2019
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
914.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEB24 · DE926
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vulkaneifel (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Holzminden (40). Contrarian pick: Holzminden — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Why you might not pick Vulkaneifel
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 25) — Holzminden may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vulkaneifel · Manufacturing → Vulkaneifel · Office → Holzminden · Residential → Holzminden.
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
53.4
40.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
27.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.3
57.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
22.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.8% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,817
€42,706
Population density
65 /km²
94 /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)
€2,266M
€2,558M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
€56M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€637M
€1,144M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€539M
€1,065M
GVA — construction (F)
€161M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€365M
€309M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,200 PPS
37,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
€42,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,179M
€29,132M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€716M
€2,692M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,498M
€55,013M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€401M
€431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€655M
€501M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,091M
€2,399M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,468
€91,355
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€642M
€809M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,200
32,700
Self-employed persons
2,770
3,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,220
10,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.2%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.4%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,400
32,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,348
2,022
Enterprise births
189
143
Enterprise deaths
192
181
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
4.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
2.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.2%
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.2%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
10.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,385,526
196,571
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
584 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
458
439
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,800 kt
3,486 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
772
669
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,942
39,164
Population aged 65+
15,649
17,884
Population aged under 15
7,722
8,533
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
45.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
-7.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
17.1 /1k
Live births
412
478
Deaths
892
1,126
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
67.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
95 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
51,172
61,191
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.8%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.4%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
986 /100k
1,044 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.5 /100k
19.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
228 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
825 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
36 /M
42 /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)
625 m
299 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr