NUTS-3 DE215 · Germany
Population
105,2922025
GDP
€4,558M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
829.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE215 · DE25B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Roth (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Berchtesgadener Land (51). Contrarian pick: Berchtesgadener Land — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Quality of life (79)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Roth
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Berchtesgadener Land may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Roth · Manufacturing → Roth · Office → Berchtesgadener Land · Residential → Berchtesgadener Land.
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
51.3
58.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.3
69.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.8
72.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
77.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.4
59.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.9% 5y
13.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,290
€38,846
Population density
127 /km²
143 /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)
€4,163M
€4,564M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
€67M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€675M
€1,228M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€557M
€1,076M
GVA — construction (F)
€261M
€373M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€951M
€820M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,800 PPS
34,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,500
€39,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€21,016M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€3,272M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€54,755M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€925M
€1,186M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,298M
€890M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,965M
€4,329M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,327
€91,384
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,208M
€1,075M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,810
57,490
Self-employed persons
5,890
6,160
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,660
13,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
82.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,000
68,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,973
5,289
Enterprise births
336
353
Enterprise deaths
367
416
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
25.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
11.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,563,730
394,019
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
594 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,134 kt
5,564 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
743
1,144
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
706
889
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
34
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)
65,110
80,286
Population aged 65+
25,644
29,556
Population aged under 15
14,538
18,790
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.4%
36.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.7 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
11.4 /1k
Live births
790
1,023
Deaths
1,214
1,464
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
126 /km²
144 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
113,674
123,927
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
18.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
1,065 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
225 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.0 /100k
11.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
76.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
695 /100k
368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
33 /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)
566 m
401 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
94 days/yr
74 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr
3 days/yr