NUTS-3 DED53 · Germany
Population
199,4222025
GDP
€7,482M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,028.4 km²
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Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cuxhaven (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Nordsachsen (54). Contrarian pick: Nordsachsen — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 94).
#1Cuxhaven
Strengths
Air quality (81) · Labour market (72)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cuxhaven
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Nordsachsen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cuxhaven 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
54.4
56.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.3
66.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.3
61.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
85.7
80.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.3
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
69.0
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2
59.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.4% 5y
4.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,519
€31,997
Population density
98 /km²
96 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,834M
€5,811M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€227M
€463M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,331M
€1,033M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€986M
€590M
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
€479M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,161M
€965M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,700
€28,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,200 PPS
28,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
€31,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,129M
€16,211M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,577M
€1,023M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,874M
€31,011M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,023M
€1,305M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,560M
€1,565M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,428M
€5,365M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,621
€86,644
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,535M
€1,670M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,370
78,580
Self-employed persons
8,880
8,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,460
8,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
80.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
97,400
96,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,792
5,989
Enterprise births
350
510
Enterprise deaths
505
568
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.2%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
30.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.6%
8.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.1%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.4%
8.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
580,511
2,269,144
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
478 /1k
653 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,420
2,191
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,157 kt
6,432 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
712
1,102
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
117,668
118,861
Population aged 65+
55,174
53,001
Population aged under 15
26,580
26,980
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.9%
44.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.8 /1k
-2.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
15.0 /1k
Live births
1,110
1,509
Deaths
2,796
2,990
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.5%
67.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
173,086
169,461
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.6%
20.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,076 /100k
1,033 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
29.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
374 /100k
251 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
907 /100k
844 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
41 /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)
185 m
36 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
41 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr