NUTS-3 DE21D · Germany
Population
89,2962025
GDP
€3,571M2023
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
1,018.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21D · DE71B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Odenwaldkreis (49). Contrarian pick: Odenwaldkreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 84).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Air quality (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (84) · Connectivity (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Odenwaldkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 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
54.2
49.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
44.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.5
69.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.5
66.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
80.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.4
26.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,990
€32,406
Population density
88 /km²
150 /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)
€3,262M
€2,778M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€40M
€28M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€315M
€857M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€234M
€770M
GVA — construction (F)
€159M
€179M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
€364M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
€32,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€732M
€743M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,350M
€607M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,106M
€2,708M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,308
€81,873
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€947M
€592M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,450
39,530
Self-employed persons
5,830
4,190
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,480
9,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
46,400
46,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,353
3,625
Enterprise births
369
286
Enterprise deaths
423
348
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,170,890
323,532
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,322 kt
1,145 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
514
1,591
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
576
1,695
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
54,894
57,082
Population aged 65+
22,885
24,158
Population aged under 15
11,517
12,606
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
42.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
647
728
Deaths
1,117
1,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
64.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
151 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
87,485
94,989
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
8.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.8 /100k
84.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
400 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
27 /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)
908 m
403 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
135 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
4 days/yr