NUTS-3 DE27E · Germany
Population
155,4132025
GDP
€6,559M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,532.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE27E · AT213
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oberallgäu (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Unterkärnten (45). Contrarian pick: Unterkärnten — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Freight intensity (93) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oberallgäu
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Unterkärnten may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oberallgäu 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
57.2
45.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
46.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.0
47.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.0
39.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.7
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.5
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.8
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.7% 5y
0.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,201
€44,179
Population density
101 /km²
44 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,991M
€5,870M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€138M
€161M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,662M
€2,426M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,474M
€1,521M
GVA — construction (F)
€484M
€467M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,094M
€850M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,200 PPS
39,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,900
€44,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,600M
€7,146M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,395M
€1,987M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,117M
€12,640M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,406M
€1,084M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,206M
€883M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,596M
€5,401M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,595
€104,391
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,492M
€1,687M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
80,190
65,000
Self-employed persons
9,850
10,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,350
15,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
85,900
71,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,322
8,311
Enterprise births
624
533
Enterprise deaths
582
398
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
36.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.8%
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.1%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
89.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,422,121
1,632,911
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
661 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,636 kt
8,415 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,357
2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
873
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
32
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)
95,489
92,155
Population aged 65+
37,379
36,273
Population aged under 15
22,545
19,349
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.1%
39.4%
Crude rate of total population change
13.1 /1k
-3.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.3 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
1,398
1,042
Deaths
1,742
1,643
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.62
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
44 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
150,815
114,017
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.5%
21.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.4%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
768 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
989 /100k
953 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
221 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
11.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
46.9 /100k
233 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
396 /100k
534 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
784 m
529 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
119 days/yr
95 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
20 days/yr
8 days/yr