NUTS-3 DEB36 · Germany
Population
52,9452025
GDP
€2,030M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
115.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB36 · DEB37
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt (45). Contrarian pick: Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 78).
Strengths
Labour market (76) · Connectivity (61)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 21 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 21 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 6) — Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 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
45.6
45.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.5
61.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.3
68.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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66.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.0
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.2
30.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
9.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,344
€47,070
Population density
457 /km²
650 /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)
€1,854M
€1,710M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
€4M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€141M
€399M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€90M
€334M
GVA — construction (F)
€112M
€76M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€387M
€363M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,300 PPS
42,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,500
€47,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€525M
€365M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€644M
€502M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,725M
€1,590M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,485
€75,513
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€436M
€402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
27,800
25,960
Self-employed persons
2,890
2,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,500
4,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,200
20,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,300
1,653
Enterprise births
190
115
Enterprise deaths
217
127
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
187,010
96,579
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
585 kt
1,133 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
255
278
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
482
699
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
58
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
31,882
24,324
Population aged 65+
13,697
10,143
Population aged under 15
7,366
5,294
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.0%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
4.5 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.1 /1k
13.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
17.5 /1k
Live births
418
333
Deaths
768
696
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.1%
63.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
452 /km²
650 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,798
34,363
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.6 /100k
91.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
374 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,319 /100k
1,781 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
25 /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)
244 m
405 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr