NUTS-3 DE923 · Germany
Population
150,2032025
GDP
€5,905M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
798.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE923 · DE80M
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Hameln-Pyrmont (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Nordwestmecklenburg (46). Contrarian pick: Nordwestmecklenburg — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Connectivity (72) · Industrial base (71)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Hameln-Pyrmont
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Nordwestmecklenburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nordwestmecklenburg · Manufacturing → Nordwestmecklenburg · Office → Hameln-Pyrmont · Residential → Hameln-Pyrmont.
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
49.2
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.3
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.3
52.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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54.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.3
54.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
22.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.4
51.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,316
€32,033
Population density
188 /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)
€5,394M
€4,585M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€197M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,528M
€1,292M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,229M
€1,011M
GVA — construction (F)
€255M
€415M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€731M
€659M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,900 PPS
28,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
€31,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
€13,049M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
€885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
€30,582M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,329M
€923M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,457M
€1,099M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,059M
€4,201M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,946
€90,260
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,705M
€1,127M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,450
60,470
Self-employed persons
7,080
6,180
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,160
10,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,200
76,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,898
5,175
Enterprise births
385
333
Enterprise deaths
454
401
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
28.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
29.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
7.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
7.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
564,448
2,205,273
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
564 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,082 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.
1,217
1,731
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
810
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.
44
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)
90,557
94,257
Population aged 65+
39,286
42,071
Population aged under 15
20,360
20,364
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
44.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
15.6 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
1,279
871
Deaths
2,350
2,270
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
66.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
189 /km²
76 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
129,520
134,009
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
21.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,044 /100k
1,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.6 /100k
22.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
202 /100k
207 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
966 /100k
893 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /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)
78 m
49 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
56 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
1 days/yr