NUTS-3 DEF08 · Germany
Population
201,4722025
GDP
€7,109M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,367.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEF08 · DE80L
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ostholstein (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Vorpommern-Rügen (46). Contrarian pick: Vorpommern-Rügen — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Freight intensity (66) · Labour market (65)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Air quality (74) · Labour market (62)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ostholstein
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 8) — Vorpommern-Rügen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ostholstein · Manufacturing → Ostholstein · Office → Ostholstein · Residential → Vorpommern-Rügen.
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
50.7
45.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.3
32.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.8
53.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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74.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.3
44.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
22.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.8
46.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,284
€34,573
Population density
147 /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)
€6,493M
€6,796M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
€349M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€984M
€779M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€541M
€351M
GVA — construction (F)
€332M
€423M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,386M
€1,485M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,500 PPS
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,300
€34,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
€13,049M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
€885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
€30,582M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,646M
€1,391M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,028M
€2,369M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,888M
€6,228M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,426
€80,721
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,597M
€1,670M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,790
100,230
Self-employed persons
11,240
10,630
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,120
5,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
100,600
102,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,114
8,839
Enterprise births
676
575
Enterprise deaths
809
695
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
28.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
29.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
7.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
7.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,606,972
9,719,172
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
564 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,272 kt
7,247 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,689
2,177
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
838
1,012
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
151
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,808
126,444
Population aged 65+
58,331
63,580
Population aged under 15
23,333
25,179
Median age of population
53.0 yrs
53.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
15.7 /1k
16.6 /1k
Live births
1,193
1,189
Deaths
3,173
3,580
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.2%
70.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
148 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
157,832
183,332
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
21.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.3 /100k
39.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
286 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,223 /100k
1,046 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /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)
42 m
17 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr