NUTS-3 DEG0Q · Germany
Population
120,2142025
GDP
€4,089M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,247.8 km²
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DEG0Q · DEF0A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Plön (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Schmalkalden-Meiningen (42). Contrarian pick: Schmalkalden-Meiningen — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 82).
Why you might not pick Plön
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 11) — Schmalkalden-Meiningen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Plön 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
42.2
44.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.8
59.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.4
65.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
85.7
89.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.0
58.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
24.4
43.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
0.4% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
6.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,015
€26,172
Population density
96 /km²
120 /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)
€3,735M
€3,122M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€113M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,165M
€446M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,015M
€329M
GVA — construction (F)
€259M
€268M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€485M
€481M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,000 PPS
23,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
€26,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€609M
€898M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,123M
€917M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€2,831M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€79,753
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€768M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,340
45,970
Self-employed persons
5,450
5,850
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,230
3,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
64,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,576
4,646
Enterprise births
220
340
Enterprise deaths
365
405
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
740,386
1,671,953
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,757 kt
3,216 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
832
1,363
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
692
1,044
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
70,637
77,259
Population aged 65+
35,181
36,015
Population aged under 15
14,396
17,335
Median age of population
52.2 yrs
51.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.8%
46.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.8 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
16.1 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
606
817
Deaths
1,947
1,871
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
69.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
1.32
Population density (persons per km²)
97 /km²
132 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
101,878
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.8 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
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.3 /100k
27.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
168 /100k
257 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
796 /100k
852 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
29 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
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
45 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
51 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr