NUTS-3 DEG0E · Germany
Population
59,9872025
GDP
€1,690M2023
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
935.9 km²
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Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Südwestpfalz (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Hildburghausen (35). Contrarian pick: Hildburghausen — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Air quality (96) · Labour market (76)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Südwestpfalz
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 6) — Hildburghausen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Hildburghausen · Manufacturing → Hildburghausen · Office → Südwestpfalz · Residential → Südwestpfalz.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
35.1
45.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.0
49.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.9
67.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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96.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.7
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
21.6
27.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.4% 5y
13.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,168
€20,798
Population density
64 /km²
94 /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)
€1,543M
€1,709M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€74M
€46M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€528M
€367M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€463M
€283M
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
€155M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€184M
€302M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,700 PPS
18,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,700
€20,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€260M
€496M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€392M
€342M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,427M
€1,590M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€28,238
€82,182
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€325M
€402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
23,180
23,850
Self-employed persons
2,450
3,360
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,980
4,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,400
45,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,965
3,062
Enterprise births
104
220
Enterprise deaths
151
259
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.8%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
263,113
384,647
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,153 kt
1,138 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
337
729
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
562
810
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.
66
52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,710
53,637
Population aged 65+
16,876
24,871
Population aged under 15
7,401
11,466
Median age of population
51.8 yrs
51.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.3%
46.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-11.7 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
15.6 /1k
15.2 /1k
Live births
320
688
Deaths
944
1,373
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.0%
67.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
94 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
56,616
76,574
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.8 /100k
11.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
101 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
659 /100k
342 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
25 /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)
449 m
312 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr