NUTS-3 DEB3C · Germany
Population
134,3292025
GDP
€3,618M2023
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
593.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB3C · DEC03
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bad Dürkheim (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Neunkirchen (43). Contrarian pick: Neunkirchen — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 65).
Strengths
Connectivity (65) · Demographic outlook (59)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 12 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bad Dürkheim
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 16) — Neunkirchen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Neunkirchen · Manufacturing → Bad Dürkheim · Office → Bad Dürkheim · Residential → Neunkirchen.
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
51.7
43.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
76.8
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.7
47.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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38.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
59.3
65.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.2
29.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.8% 5y
13.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,934
€29,802
Population density
226 /km²
528 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,305M
€3,625M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€181M
€6M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€523M
€835M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€423M
€693M
GVA — construction (F)
€201M
€287M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€671M
€698M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€25,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,000 PPS
26,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,000
€29,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€8,110M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€1,529M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€23,975M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€909M
€852M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€820M
€948M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,074M
€3,296M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,896
€76,631
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€778M
€772M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
48,660
54,460
Self-employed persons
6,240
4,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,190
8,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
77.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
69,500
66,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,223
4,031
Enterprise births
425
320
Enterprise deaths
477
401
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
28.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
731,177
69,548
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
646 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,109 kt
2,926 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
669
1,090
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
498
818
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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94 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,354
81,681
Population aged 65+
35,029
34,241
Population aged under 15
17,946
17,257
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.1%
41.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.8 /1k
-3.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
15.8 /1k
Live births
966
1,044
Deaths
1,726
2,105
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.1%
63.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
226 /km²
534 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
111,387
126,409
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
22.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
15.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,123 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
243 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.4 /100k
51.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
254 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
698 /100k
1,250 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
24 /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)
307 m
303 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
59 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr