NUTS-3 DEG0A · Germany
Population
71,7382025
GDP
€2,089M2023
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
1,038.7 km²
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DEG0A · DE934
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lüchow-Dannenberg (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Kyffhäuserkreis (38). Contrarian pick: Kyffhäuserkreis — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 91).
Why you might not pick Lüchow-Dannenberg
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 22) — Kyffhäuserkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kyffhäuserkreis · Manufacturing → Kyffhäuserkreis · Office → Lüchow-Dannenberg · Residential → Lüchow-Dannenberg.
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
37.8
40.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.5
55.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.7
59.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
90.7
78.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.3
56.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.4
40.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.7% 5y
9.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,115
€34,524
Population density
69 /km²
38 /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)
€1,908M
€1,466M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€111M
€133M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€543M
€389M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€378M
€322M
GVA — construction (F)
€117M
€74M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€200M
€216M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€28,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,600 PPS
30,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,700
€34,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€16,211M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€1,023M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€31,011M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€316M
€283M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€621M
€371M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,763M
€1,354M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,042
€81,259
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€402M
€421M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
26,630
21,140
Self-employed persons
2,700
2,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,310
3,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
80.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
34,100
21,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,028
1,706
Enterprise births
86
122
Enterprise deaths
148
150
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
30.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
8.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
8.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
209,286
253,685
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
653 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,239 kt
1,353 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
402
842
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
560
1,811
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.
39
105
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)
41,407
26,813
Population aged 65+
21,753
13,917
Population aged under 15
8,578
5,772
Median age of population
53.3 yrs
53.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.5%
51.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-11.3 /1k
-6.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
17.0 /1k
18.1 /1k
Live births
398
287
Deaths
1,224
844
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.3%
73.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
38 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
62,400
41,197
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
20.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,033 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.4 /100k
42.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
351 /100k
256 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
945 /100k
944 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /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)
325 m
14 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
1 days/yr