NUTS-3 DE300 · Germany
Population
3,685,2652025
GDP
€199,565M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
895.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE300 · SE110
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Berlin (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Stockholms län (64). Contrarian pick: Stockholms län — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 99).
#1Berlin
Strengths
Demographic outlook (89) · Economic base (87)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Berlin
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 5) — Stockholms län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Berlin 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
66.2
63.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.0
55.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.7
68.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.3
69.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.3
50.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
86.5
99.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
27.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
2.3% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.0% 5y
3.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€54,152
€72,470
Population density
4,117 /km²
353 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€182,283M
€160,522M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
€246M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,437M
€16,917M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,664M
€13,898M
GVA — construction (F)
€6,790M
€7,895M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,610M
€46,806M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,400
€27,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,700 PPS
61,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,700
€72,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€39,950M
€39,988M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,462M
€3,118M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€112,242M
€78,030M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€16,453M
€16,672M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11,914M
€20,522M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€57,889M
€56,546M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€55,553M
€32,110M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€180,082M
€171,168M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,679
€135,749
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€40,567M
€44,039M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,197,430
1,404,710
Self-employed persons
214,050
70,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
112,010
76,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.7%
85.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.8%
25.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
9.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,996,000
1,468,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
170,919
266,443
Enterprise births
19,740
22,759
Enterprise deaths
20,090
18,352
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
5.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
3.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
10.0%
10.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.3%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.1%
60.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
55.3%
65.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.9%
41.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.1%
40.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
16.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
30,394,844
15,753,490
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
334 /1k
398 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,572 kt
46,977 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13,046
22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
354
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
86 km/1000km²
48 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
2,466,429
1,628,867
Population aged 65+
707,418
418,087
Population aged under 15
511,418
426,353
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
39.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
25.7%
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
10.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
6.3 /1k
Live births
33,749
25,657
Deaths
37,686
15,410
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
51.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
4,343 /km²
378 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
4,335,249
3,424,317
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.4%
17.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
85.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.7%
13.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
204 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,007 /100k
764 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
188 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
49.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,098 /100k
567 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,228 /100k
2,442 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
15 /M
10 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.62
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.74
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.94
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.085/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.073/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
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4,321 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
41 m
59 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
115 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
1 days/yr