NUTS-3 DE723 · Germany
Population
173,8302025
GDP
€6,451M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
740.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE723 · DE40H
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Limburg-Weilburg (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Teltow-Fläming (56). Contrarian pick: Teltow-Fläming — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Limburg-Weilburg
Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 36) — Teltow-Fläming may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Teltow-Fläming · Manufacturing → Teltow-Fläming · Office → Limburg-Weilburg · Residential → Teltow-Fläming.
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
62.9
56.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
70.5
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.6
54.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
39.7
55.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.7
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.0
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.9% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,111
€43,035
Population density
235 /km²
85 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,892M
€6,985M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
€104M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,056M
€2,204M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€896M
€1,842M
GVA — construction (F)
€563M
€550M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,129M
€1,721M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,100 PPS
38,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,100
€43,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,597M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,976M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,139M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,658M
€1,239M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,451M
€1,166M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,610M
€6,133M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,579
€95,805
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,539M
€1,872M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
80,760
84,250
Self-employed persons
8,570
8,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,540
15,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
93,900
91,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,074
6,635
Enterprise births
593
488
Enterprise deaths
664
601
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
439,535
601,780
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
641 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,558 kt
11,994 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,469
1,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
845
699
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
28 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
109,314
110,652
Population aged 65+
40,352
41,779
Population aged under 15
24,164
25,257
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
37.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.6 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
1,448
1,207
Deaths
2,258
2,252
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
85 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
165,044
181,474
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.4%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.7 /100k
33.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
304 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
795 /100k
923 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
45 /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)
254 m
43 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
56 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr