NUTS-3 DE80L · Germany
Population
215,2032025
GDP
€7,440M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,270.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE80L · DED2F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Vorpommern-Rügen (46). Contrarian pick: Vorpommern-Rügen — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Air quality (74) · Labour market (62)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 23) — Vorpommern-Rügen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 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
45.8
46.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.5
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.9
60.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
74.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.0
73.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.3
48.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.2
29.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.4% 5y
15.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,573
€28,632
Population density
66 /km²
148 /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)
€6,796M
€6,381M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€349M
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€779M
€1,585M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€351M
€1,388M
GVA — construction (F)
€423M
€606M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,485M
€945M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,700 PPS
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,400
€28,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,049M
€12,678M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€885M
€2,549M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€30,582M
€35,145M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,391M
€1,141M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,369M
€1,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,228M
€5,911M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,721
€72,107
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,670M
€1,419M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,230
102,740
Self-employed persons
10,630
10,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,300
21,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
83.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,800
114,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,839
8,993
Enterprise births
575
502
Enterprise deaths
695
688
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.3%
36.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.4%
40.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.6%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
9.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,719,172
1,847,761
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
564 /1k
533 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,247 kt
6,585 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,177
2,412
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,012
989
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
151
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
126,444
140,262
Population aged 65+
63,580
70,450
Population aged under 15
25,179
33,284
Median age of population
53.2 yrs
51.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
50.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
1,189
1,276
Deaths
3,580
3,497
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
74.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
149 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
183,332
224,054
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.5%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.7 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
14.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,126 /100k
1,076 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
267 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.8 /100k
20.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
286 /100k
240 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,046 /100k
625 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
42 /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)
17 m
262 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr