NUTS-3 DEE02 · Germany
Population
226,7672025
GDP
€9,179M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
136.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE02 · DE803
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt (44). Contrarian pick: Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 82).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (82) · Connectivity (63)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 21) — Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
43.6
50.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.0
24.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.1
46.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
35.0
44.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
28.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
22.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
25.4
53.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.5% 5y
1.9% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
4.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,477
€50,360
Population density
1,659 /km²
1,230 /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)
€8,384M
€9,444M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€813M
€1,486M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€446M
€986M
GVA — construction (F)
€440M
€319M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,602M
€2,400M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
45,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
€50,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€13,049M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€30,582M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,985M
€2,193M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,542M
€3,044M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,349M
€8,654M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€75,694
€91,526
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,845M
€2,321M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,700
122,830
Self-employed persons
7,480
7,660
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,740
9,790
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
113,600
104,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,245
6,213
Enterprise births
443
491
Enterprise deaths
528
531
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
28.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
29.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
7.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
7.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
428,548
2,196,664
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
564 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,462 kt
6,274 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
786
676
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
347
329
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
154
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
141,518
128,827
Population aged 65+
55,561
52,797
Population aged under 15
29,688
23,683
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
41.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.8 /1k
1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
13.7 /1k
Live births
1,807
1,343
Deaths
3,196
2,800
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
59.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.05
Population density (persons per km²)
1,696 /km²
1,140 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
232,513
185,356
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
21.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.3%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,223 /100k
1,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
167 /100k
75.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,114 /100k
463 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,386 /100k
1,549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
59 /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)
96 m
2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
2 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