NUTS-3 DE223 · Germany
Population
49,0022025
GDP
€3,230M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
67.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE223 · DE942
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt (45). Contrarian pick: Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 15) — Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Straubing, 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
45.5
45.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
26.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.4
58.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
69.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.3
58.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.8
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.6
41.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.0% 5y
11.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€65,918
€83,444
Population density
729 /km²
438 /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)
€2,950M
€3,750M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
€21M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€556M
€1,824M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€460M
€1,670M
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
€104M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€731M
€600M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,300
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
60,900 PPS
73,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€68,400
€82,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,377M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,308M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,040M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€626M
€624M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€927M
€577M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,681M
€3,417M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,221
€102,423
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€810M
€1,105M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,720
42,420
Self-employed persons
2,670
2,280
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,480
12,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.5%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,900
27,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,031
1,362
Enterprise births
165
114
Enterprise deaths
137
124
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.2%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
112,207
263,207
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,874 kt
4,106 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
272
251
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
510
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
49
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)
32,220
31,340
Population aged 65+
10,788
10,949
Population aged under 15
5,994
6,913
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.5%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
30.6 /1k
-10.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
35.4 /1k
-4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
13.4 /1k
Live births
395
389
Deaths
624
662
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.1%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
743 /km²
454 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
44,791
47,944
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,108 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.9 /100k
34.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
306 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,342 /100k
1,704 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /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)
322 m
2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
30 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr