NUTS-3 DE93B · Germany
Population
138,6262025
GDP
€5,339M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
784.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE93B · DE22A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Verden (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Rottal-Inn (51). Contrarian pick: Rottal-Inn — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 90).
#1Verden
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Resilience (74)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Verden
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 22) — Rottal-Inn may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Verden 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
51.4
50.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
73.8
69.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.9
65.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
64.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.8
42.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.3% 5y
2.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,514
€44,617
Population density
177 /km²
94 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,877M
€4,911M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
€184M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,123M
€1,263M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€905M
€896M
GVA — construction (F)
€353M
€533M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,208M
€735M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,400
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
39,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
€44,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,211M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,023M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,011M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,061M
€1,312M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,005M
€883M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,502M
€4,462M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,581
€94,499
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,401M
€1,348M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,180
59,690
Self-employed persons
5,630
7,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,270
11,220
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
68,800
65,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,774
5,914
Enterprise births
455
379
Enterprise deaths
410
427
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.6%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.9%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.3%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.1%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
331,260
750,803
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
653 /1k
681 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,106
1,695
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,443 kt
5,229 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
798
1,407
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
70
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,867
75,336
Population aged 65+
32,697
28,173
Population aged under 15
21,062
16,988
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.5%
37.4%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
1,198
1,019
Deaths
1,715
1,531
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
177 /km²
95 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
125,030
124,956
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.1%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.4%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,033 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.8 /100k
9.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
348 /100k
79.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,058 /100k
503 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
47 /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)
10 m
415 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
79 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr