NUTS-3 DE21N · Germany
Population
138,9572025
GDP
€6,780M2023
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
962.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21N · DE94C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Weilheim-Schongau (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Leer (52). Contrarian pick: Leer — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 69).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Industrial base (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Weilheim-Schongau
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Leer may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Weilheim-Schongau 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
61.6
51.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.3
49.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
82.3
53.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.7
64.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.0
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.8% 5y
2.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€48,795
€34,863
Population density
144 /km²
158 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,193M
€5,385M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
€233M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,556M
€579M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,426M
€393M
GVA — construction (F)
€346M
€470M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€788M
€1,552M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,000 PPS
31,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,300
€34,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,181M
€1,260M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,236M
€1,291M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,898M
€4,906M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,225
€85,505
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,797M
€1,587M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,390
72,970
Self-employed persons
7,820
7,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,010
6,530
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,600
91,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,307
5,515
Enterprise births
440
414
Enterprise deaths
517
486
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
402,905
1,488,540
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /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.
843
1,346
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,854 kt
6,365 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
607
796
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
86,014
105,417
Population aged 65+
31,972
38,981
Population aged under 15
20,971
24,705
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
37.0%
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
0.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
1,201
1,457
Deaths
1,532
2,244
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
145 /km²
159 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
133,300
164,728
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.2 /100k
21.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
63.0 /100k
184 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
511 /100k
723 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
54 /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)
599 m
-1 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
41 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
2 days/yr