NUTS-3 DE71D · Germany
Population
185,6512025
GDP
€5,486M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
809.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE71D · DEB14
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bad Kreuznach (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (56). Contrarian pick: Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Connectivity (80) · Quality of life (68)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bad Kreuznach
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 16) — Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bad Kreuznach · Manufacturing → Bad Kreuznach · Office → Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis · Residential → Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.
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
55.7
56.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.5
73.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.7
54.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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39.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
79.7
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
50.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.8% 5y
12.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,547
€36,252
Population density
229 /km²
191 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,011M
€5,455M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
€86M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€946M
€1,331M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€823M
€1,099M
GVA — construction (F)
€359M
€327M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,053M
€1,115M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,300 PPS
32,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,500
€36,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,429M
€1,207M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,188M
€1,390M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,884M
€5,089M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,580
€82,524
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,068M
€1,304M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,440
76,130
Self-employed persons
8,130
7,010
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,100
12,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
93,100
86,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,763
5,629
Enterprise births
692
419
Enterprise deaths
718
486
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
751,449
575,841
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,149 kt
4,608 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,329
1,135
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
716
689
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
114,989
101,169
Population aged 65+
45,717
40,675
Population aged under 15
24,945
22,904
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
40.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
1,331
1,222
Deaths
2,289
2,153
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
62.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
232 /km²
191 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,164
145,878
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
12.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.7 /100k
27.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
188 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
496 /100k
823 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
39 /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)
385 m
362 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr