NUTS-3 DE11D · Germany
Population
317,4272025
GDP
€17,879M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,514.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE11D · DE148
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ostalbkreis (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Ravensburg (71). Contrarian pick: Ravensburg — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Industrial base (98) · Demographic outlook (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Industrial base (87)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ostalbkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Ravensburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ravensburg · Manufacturing → Ravensburg · Office → Ravensburg · Residential → Ostalbkreis.
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
71.1
70.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.0
69.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
76.5
79.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
86.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
70.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.0
45.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.7% 5y
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,326
€52,120
Population density
210 /km²
178 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,331M
€13,858M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
€189M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,348M
€4,362M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,881M
€4,062M
GVA — construction (F)
€987M
€787M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,078M
€2,254M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,300 PPS
46,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
€52,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€60,881M
€25,503M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€22,211M
€7,289M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€139,588M
€52,964M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,125M
€3,449M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,658M
€2,817M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,497M
€13,141M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€107,060
€93,388
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,955M
€3,879M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,820
171,310
Self-employed persons
13,100
15,290
Employment in manufacturing (C)
54,480
43,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
83.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.9%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
177,400
164,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,390
12,401
Enterprise births
932
941
Enterprise deaths
1,036
971
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
7.3%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.8%
6.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
4.9%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.0%
40.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.3%
11.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
709,167
2,639,043
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
636 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,358 kt
10,717 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,408
3,137
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
759
1,078
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
200,765
185,007
Population aged 65+
70,435
62,725
Population aged under 15
46,227
43,370
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
2,723
2,535
Deaths
3,586
2,944
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
57.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
210 /km²
178 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
368,773
290,986
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
16.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.6%
12.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
195 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
18.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
85.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
769 /100k
747 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
39 /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)
426 m
738 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
94 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
11 days/yr