NUTS-3 DEG0J · Germany
Population
83,3422025
GDP
€2,601M2023
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
818.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEG0J · DEG0D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Sömmerda (37). Contrarian pick: Sömmerda — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 29) — Sömmerda may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Saale-Holzland-Kreis · Manufacturing → Sömmerda · Office → Saale-Holzland-Kreis · Residential → Saale-Holzland-Kreis.
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
43.0
36.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.8
34.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.2
47.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
83.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.6
38.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.7% 5y
11.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,211
€33,184
Population density
102 /km²
84 /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)
€2,376M
€2,052M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€84M
€110M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€712M
€771M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€591M
€636M
GVA — construction (F)
€187M
€162M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€400M
€287M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
29,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
€32,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€42,299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€444M
€286M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€549M
€437M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,196M
€1,896M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€118,540
€41,401
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€501M
€433M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
34,500
28,330
Self-employed persons
3,280
2,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,750
7,910
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
40,300
33,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,723
2,040
Enterprise births
128
114
Enterprise deaths
189
163
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
184,718
91,887
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,276 kt
3,633 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
612
341
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
734
504
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
27
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)
48,858
40,189
Population aged 65+
23,883
18,711
Population aged under 15
10,601
8,793
Median age of population
51.5 yrs
50.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.9%
46.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.3 /1k
-6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.2 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
413
363
Deaths
1,009
954
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.6%
68.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
85 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
122,366
60,681
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.0 /100k
26.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
208 /100k
332 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
910 /100k
827 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
46 /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)
357 m
140 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr