NUTS-3 DE927 · Germany
Population
121,4682025
GDP
€4,668M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,402.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE927 · DEF0E
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Nienburg (Weser) (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Steinburg (45). Contrarian pick: Steinburg — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 75).
Strengths
Air quality (75) · Connectivity (70)
Red flags
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Long-run slide: down 28 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Nienburg (Weser)
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 26) — Steinburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nienburg (Weser) · Manufacturing → Nienburg (Weser) · Office → Nienburg (Weser) · Residential → Steinburg.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
47.2
44.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.3
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.5
60.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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75.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.3
70.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.4
27.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,434
€36,059
Population density
87 /km²
130 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,264M
€4,372M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€223M
€144M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€991M
€1,050M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€662M
€647M
GVA — construction (F)
€312M
€268M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€783M
€627M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,200 PPS
32,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
€36,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€805M
€1,123M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,150M
€1,159M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,999M
€3,964M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,179
€86,848
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,348M
€1,075M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,160
59,110
Self-employed persons
6,140
6,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,590
8,070
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
62,600
69,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,890
4,565
Enterprise births
309
339
Enterprise deaths
354
442
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
238,609
176,529
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,902 kt
4,957 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,210
1,088
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
996
820
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
75,427
83,090
Population aged 65+
28,805
31,796
Population aged under 15
17,236
17,845
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
48.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.2%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
14.1 /1k
Live births
923
956
Deaths
1,694
1,867
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
59.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
88 /km²
131 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
112,918
119,139
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,044 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.2 /100k
40.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
401 /100k
243 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
967 /100k
1,216 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
29 /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)
25 m
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr