NUTS-3 DEB25 · Germany
Population
148,9532025
GDP
€3,703M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2%2019
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,095.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEB25 · DE91A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Trier-Saarburg (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Peine (47). Contrarian pick: Peine — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 59).
Strengths
Labour market (81) · Connectivity (70)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Trier-Saarburg
Economic base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 13) — Peine may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Trier-Saarburg 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
51.9
47.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.3
56.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.8
55.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.0
61.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
54.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.8
47.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,863
€26,542
Population density
136 /km²
257 /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)
€3,383M
€3,323M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€73M
€80M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€746M
€838M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€545M
€429M
GVA — construction (F)
€292M
€218M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€673M
€657M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€26,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
23,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,800
€26,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,179M
€22,342M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€716M
€7,903M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,498M
€43,988M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€878M
€737M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€719M
€792M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,123M
€3,146M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,595
€83,815
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€959M
€928M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
50,770
46,670
Self-employed persons
5,610
4,510
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,240
6,080
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.2%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
76,800
70,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,342
3,555
Enterprise births
332
306
Enterprise deaths
366
337
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.2%
38.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.2%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
10.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,281,779
105,572
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
877
592
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,838 kt
4,477 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
589
432
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
94,042
85,316
Population aged 65+
33,690
30,743
Population aged under 15
21,221
20,986
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
46.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
5.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
1,056
1,141
Deaths
1,707
1,761
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²
258 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
141,324
120,472
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.8%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.4%
16.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
986 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
24.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
148 /100k
258 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
598 /100k
988 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
36 /M
31 /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)
501 m
70 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr