NUTS-3 DE918 · Germany
Population
125,6232025
GDP
€4,447M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,268.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE918 · DE80M
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Nordwestmecklenburg (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Northeim (46). Contrarian pick: Northeim — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 89).
Why you might not pick Nordwestmecklenburg
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 19) — Northeim may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nordwestmecklenburg · Manufacturing → Nordwestmecklenburg · Office → Northeim · Residential → Northeim.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
45.8
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.2
52.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.3
54.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.7
54.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
22.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
51.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,399
€32,033
Population density
99 /km²
74 /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)
€4,062M
€4,585M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€231M
€197M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,039M
€1,292M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€896M
€1,011M
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
€415M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€686M
€659M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
28,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
€31,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
€13,049M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
€885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
€30,582M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€854M
€923M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,051M
€1,099M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,846M
€4,201M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,127
€90,260
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,135M
€1,127M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,830
60,470
Self-employed persons
6,490
6,180
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,700
10,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
62,500
76,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,956
5,175
Enterprise births
304
333
Enterprise deaths
292
401
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
28.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
29.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
7.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
7.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
304,976
2,205,273
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
564 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,492 kt
7,387 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
758
1,731
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
603
1,105
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.
51
88
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)
75,552
94,257
Population aged 65+
34,000
42,071
Population aged under 15
16,071
20,364
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.0%
44.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.5 /1k
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
15.9 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
913
871
Deaths
2,000
2,270
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
66.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
76 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
113,534
134,009
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
21.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.7%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
1,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.0 /100k
22.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
279 /100k
207 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
880 /100k
893 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
59 /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)
130 m
49 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 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
1 days/yr