NUTS-3 DEG03 · Germany
Population
109,7252025
GDP
€6,419M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
111.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEG03 · DE242
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt (46). Contrarian pick: Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 28) — Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
48.1
46.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
39.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.2
63.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
48.3
43.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.3
58.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
25.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.1% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€58,497
€79,099
Population density
983 /km²
1,104 /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)
€5,863M
€5,270M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1M
€8M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,713M
€1,164M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,554M
€760M
GVA — construction (F)
€174M
€236M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€781M
€781M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,900 PPS
70,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€58,200
€79,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,197M
€1,014M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,996M
€2,067M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,419M
€4,918M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,062
€91,183
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,236M
€1,634M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,160
66,680
Self-employed persons
4,240
4,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,770
6,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
58,300
42,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,125
2,818
Enterprise births
210
220
Enterprise deaths
246
202
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
383,757
429,802
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,112 kt
1,818 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
367
444
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
335
609
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
60
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)
70,724
48,372
Population aged 65+
25,053
16,458
Population aged under 15
13,948
8,110
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.4%
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
755
514
Deaths
1,200
919
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
50.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.99
1.05
Population density (persons per km²)
956 /km²
1,090 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
103,994
59,074
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
49.1 /100k
21.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
301 /100k
211 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,436 /100k
1,212 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
37 /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)
144 m
351 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
82 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr