NUTS-3 DEB3G · Germany
Population
69,3342025
GDP
€1,588M2023
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
573.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB3G · AT111
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kusel (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Mittelburgenland (35). Contrarian pick: Mittelburgenland — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Freight intensity (88) · Resilience (78)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kusel
Economic base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 9) — Mittelburgenland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Kusel 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
47.9
35.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.3
78.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.6
53.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
95.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.0
41.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
55.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.8
37.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.2% 5y
5.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,909
€32,325
Population density
121 /km²
54 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,451M
€1,097M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
€53M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€286M
€216M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€194M
€180M
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
€177M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€203M
€177M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,200 PPS
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,700
€32,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€3,033M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€256M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€5,433M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€433M
€237M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€409M
€238M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,350M
€1,052M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,761
€91,718
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€341M
€335M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
19,630
14,400
Self-employed persons
2,290
2,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,730
2,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
5.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
35,700
18,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,853
2,186
Enterprise births
164
149
Enterprise deaths
183
107
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
34.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
43.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
13.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
22.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
96.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
114,616
358,509
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
692 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,932 kt
1,948 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
628
—
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
906
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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21 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
67
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)
41,803
23,085
Population aged 65+
18,224
10,147
Population aged under 15
9,307
4,512
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
44.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
-1.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
5.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
6.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
586
226
Deaths
1,036
477
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
63.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
121 /km²
54 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,825
31,943
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
11.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
7.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,024 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
215 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
5.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
215 /100k
270 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
779 /100k
476 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
264 m
248 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr