NUTS-3 DE222 · Germany
Population
53,0392025
GDP
€4,230M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
71.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE222 · DEB39
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt (41). Contrarian pick: Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 26) — Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
40.8
52.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.3
61.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.7
58.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
21.3
28.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
59.3
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.8
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
26.6
40.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
0.8% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.5% 5y
1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€79,757
€43,749
Population density
739 /km²
786 /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)
€3,864M
€3,467M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€54M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€675M
€1,121M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€604M
€956M
GVA — construction (F)
€274M
€139M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€865M
€715M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,300
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,600 PPS
39,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€80,400
€44,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,377M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,308M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,040M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€847M
€673M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,199M
€765M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,511M
€3,225M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,097
€87,663
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,060M
€816M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
56,100
45,340
Self-employed persons
3,390
3,480
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,340
6,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.5%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,200
47,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,574
2,926
Enterprise births
193
263
Enterprise deaths
185
264
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.2%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
480,582
153,256
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,048 kt
4,311 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
487
357
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
918
412
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
34,972
55,821
Population aged 65+
11,862
18,139
Population aged under 15
6,205
12,793
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
32.5%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
4.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
428
746
Deaths
649
968
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.7%
55.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
815 /km²
825 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
45,044
86,064
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,108 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.3 /100k
48.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
155 /100k
304 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,278 /100k
1,583 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
25 /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)
345 m
127 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
51 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr