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IS002 · DE944

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NUTS-3 IS002 · Iceland

Landsbyggð

Population

140,3902025

GDP

—

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

85.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

101,563.2 km²

NUTS-3 DE944 · Germany

Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt

Population

166,0572025

GDP

€10,248M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

2.9%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

83.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

121.2 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Landsbyggð (50). Contrarian pick: Landsbyggð — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 100).

#1Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt

Strengths

Economic base (93) · Labour market (82)

No red flags

#2Landsbyggð

Strengths

Labour market (100) · Demographic outlook (98)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt

Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 26) — Landsbyggð may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Landsbyggð · Office → Landsbyggð · Residential → Landsbyggð.

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

49.9

60.1

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

59.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

75.3

48.7

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

92.7

42.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

20.0

70.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

74.5

34.0

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

74.3

51.8

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

0.3% 5y

Population

1.4% 5y

0.1% 5y

Unemployment rate

0.6% 5y

8.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€61,717

Population density

1 /km²

1,370 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€9,361M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€12M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€1,397M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€1,086M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€546M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€2,267M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

—

€27,000

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

55,100 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€61,800

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

—

€31,047M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

—

€2,687M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€59,034M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€2,283M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

—

€2,857M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€8,529M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€81,881

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€2,759M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

132,450

Self-employed persons

—

5,980

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

12,690

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

88.1%

81.8%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

9.5%

5.6%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.6%

2.8%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

85,400

98,000

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

6,180

Enterprise births

—

621

Enterprise deaths

—

548

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

4.1%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

2.5%

0.8%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

5.6%

3.2%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

2.0%

0.6%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

46.1%

30.8%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

44.8%

38.2%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

27.3%

8.4%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

25.7%

20.9%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

10.2%

7.5%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

98.4%

—

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

6,034,845

488,025

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

639 /1k

623 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

299

759

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

—

4,838 kt

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

213

457

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

91,690

113,210

Population aged 65+

23,440

32,178

Population aged under 15

25,260

20,669

Median age of population

37.5 yrs

40.3 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

25.6%

28.4%

Crude rate of total population change

6.4 /1k

2.2 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

2.7 /1k

4.3 /1k

Crude birth rate

10.6 /1k

8.5 /1k

Crude death rate

6.9 /1k

10.5 /1k

Live births

1,488

1,412

Deaths

971

1,749

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

53.1%

46.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.54

1.16

Population density (persons per km²)

1 /km²

1,382 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

200,214

152,182

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

—

26.3%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.8 yrs

80.6 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

—

20.8%

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

828 /100k

1,034 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

224 /100k

236 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

2.1 /100k

1.8 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

5.0 /100k

103 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

97.5 /100k

439 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

330 /100k

2,388 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

24 /M

54 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.63

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.43

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.60

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.65

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

1.27

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.088/kWh

€0.161/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

762 m

72 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

7 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

240 days/yr

44 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

6 days/yr

3 days/yr