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 · DE94H
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kusel (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Wittmund (43). Contrarian pick: Wittmund — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 82).
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Strengths
Labour market (82) · Quality of life (60)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kusel
Economic base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 9) — Wittmund may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Wittmund · Manufacturing → Kusel · Office → Kusel · Residential → Kusel.
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
42.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.3
56.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.6
59.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
95.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.0
55.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.8
53.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.2% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,909
€35,433
Population density
121 /km²
86 /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)
€1,451M
€1,811M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
€129M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€286M
€266M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€194M
€106M
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
€106M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€203M
€354M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,200 PPS
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,700
€35,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€433M
€415M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€409M
€542M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,350M
€1,651M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,761
€81,163
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€341M
€534M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
19,630
25,850
Self-employed persons
2,290
3,910
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,730
1,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
35,700
29,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,853
2,236
Enterprise births
164
171
Enterprise deaths
183
177
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
114,616
2,457,316
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,932 kt
1,707 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
628
591
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
906
1,056
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
89
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
41,803
33,576
Population aged 65+
18,224
15,085
Population aged under 15
9,307
7,308
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
50.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
44.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
14.4 /1k
Live births
586
390
Deaths
1,036
808
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
66.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
121 /km²
86 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,825
46,777
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
8.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
215 /100k
164 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
779 /100k
675 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
54 /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)
264 m
1 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
40 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr