NUTS-3 DEE0E · Germany
Population
121,6942025
GDP
€3,819M2023
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
1,948.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE0E · DE40G
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Spree-Neiße (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Wittenberg (37). Contrarian pick: Wittenberg — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Economic base (84) · Freight intensity (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (95) · Industrial base (71)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Spree-Neiße
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 5) — Wittenberg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Wittenberg · Manufacturing → Wittenberg · Office → Spree-Neiße · Residential → Spree-Neiße.
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
36.9
49.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.0
12.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.1
61.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
41.0
52.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.3
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
21.6
50.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
4.6% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
3.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,378
€51,903
Population density
62 /km²
66 /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)
€3,488M
€5,198M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€152M
€84M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,023M
€3,129M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€795M
€455M
GVA — construction (F)
€285M
€287M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€564M
€430M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,800 PPS
45,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
€51,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€586M
€543M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€878M
€725M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,057M
€4,564M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,053
€136,055
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€768M
€1,393M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
52,880
44,140
Self-employed persons
4,560
5,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,430
7,020
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,800
51,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,979
3,876
Enterprise births
221
236
Enterprise deaths
304
332
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.6%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
460,523
738,235
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,861 kt
4,380 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,028
1,066
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
28 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
845
972
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
78
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)
69,545
62,108
Population aged 65+
37,664
34,417
Population aged under 15
14,485
13,110
Median age of population
54.2 yrs
55.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.2%
55.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
-8.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
3.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
4.5 /1k
Crude death rate
16.1 /1k
16.2 /1k
Live births
679
497
Deaths
1,966
1,779
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.0%
76.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
105,133
66,839
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.3%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,223 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.4 /100k
28.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
457 /100k
440 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
979 /100k
756 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
45 /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)
68 m
58 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
2 days/yr