NUTS-3 DEB3K · Germany
Population
89,9742025
GDP
€1,871M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
955.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB3K · ITF21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Südwestpfalz (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Isernia (31). Contrarian pick: Isernia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 68).
Strengths
Air quality (96) · Labour market (76)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
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Strengths
Demographic outlook (68) · Cost advantage (68)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Südwestpfalz
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 6) — Isernia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Südwestpfalz 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
45.0
31.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.3
40.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.9
29.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
23.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
18.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.2
45.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.2% 5y
11.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,798
€27,393
Population density
94 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,709M
€1,938M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
€104M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€367M
€276M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€283M
€218M
GVA — construction (F)
€155M
€177M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€302M
€320M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€18,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,500 PPS
28,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,800
€27,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€2,059M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€145M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€2,725M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€252M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€20M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€496M
€518M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€342M
€541M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,590M
€1,936M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,182
€74,897
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€402M
€573M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
23,850
29,400
Self-employed persons
3,360
8,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,330
3,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
61.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
39.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
45,800
30,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,062
6,377
Enterprise births
220
497
Enterprise deaths
259
377
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
2.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
22.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
27.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
11.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
16.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
3.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
91.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
384,647
91,647
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
767 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,138 kt
1,872 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
729
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
810
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
53,637
48,424
Population aged 65+
24,871
22,104
Population aged under 15
11,466
8,227
Median age of population
51.9 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.4%
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
15.2 /1k
14.2 /1k
Live births
688
422
Deaths
1,373
1,118
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.7%
62.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
76,574
62,928
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
22.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
17.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
305 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
973 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
16.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
101 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
342 /100k
396 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
312 m
652 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
22 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
12 days/yr