NUTS-3 DEG0G · Germany
Population
82,3922025
GDP
€3,136M2023
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
800.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEG0G · DE24D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Weimarer Land (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge (43). Contrarian pick: Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 88).
Why you might not pick Weimarer Land
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 20) — Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Weimarer Land · Manufacturing → Weimarer Land · Office → Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge · Residential → Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge.
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
45.0
42.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.3
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.8
68.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.7
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.0
33.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.5% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.7% 5y
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,065
€46,716
Population density
103 /km²
116 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,865M
€3,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€140M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,132M
€1,034M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,019M
€917M
GVA — construction (F)
€266M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€357M
€388M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
€46,400
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)
€351M
€770M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€619M
€661M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,648M
€2,810M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€116,987
€86,992
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€604M
€934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,140
39,920
Self-employed persons
3,360
3,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,330
12,150
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)
3.7%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
40,200
37,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,827
2,533
Enterprise births
145
154
Enterprise deaths
230
189
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
3.0%
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)
311,165
384,444
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,171 kt
2,988 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
519
935
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
630
1,325
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.
18
65
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)
48,740
42,257
Population aged 65+
22,013
19,342
Population aged under 15
11,639
8,950
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.2%
45.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.8 /1k
-5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
16.4 /1k
Live births
451
481
Deaths
1,043
1,162
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.0%
67.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
117 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
69,799
63,807
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
2.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
12.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
321 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
794 /100k
944 /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)
362 m
569 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr