NUTS-3 DE943 · Germany
Population
176,6142025
GDP
€9,938M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
103 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE943 · DE948
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cloppenburg (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt (58). Contrarian pick: Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Economic base (89) · Labour market (82)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cloppenburg
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cloppenburg 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
58.3
62.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.5
70.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.5
57.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
21.7
58.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
59.3
63.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.8
72.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.7% 5y
1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,272
€46,869
Population density
1,715 /km²
124 /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)
€9,078M
€7,579M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
€585M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€938M
€2,536M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€487M
€2,100M
GVA — construction (F)
€350M
€660M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,128M
€1,216M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,500 PPS
42,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,700
€47,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,556M
€1,419M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,098M
€1,163M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,271M
€6,905M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,413
€87,539
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,675M
€2,233M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,710
100,300
Self-employed persons
6,220
8,830
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,290
26,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,500
99,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,153
6,621
Enterprise births
587
512
Enterprise deaths
556
520
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.4%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.9%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
271,972
493,703
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,930 kt
15,453 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
665
1,168
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
377
660
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
118,422
115,105
Population aged 65+
35,695
32,350
Population aged under 15
22,497
29,570
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
41.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
28.1%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
10.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
9.9 /1k
Live births
1,491
1,853
Deaths
1,866
1,746
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.1%
53.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.70
Population density (persons per km²)
1,730 /km²
125 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
150,895
201,241
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.5 /100k
19.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
449 /100k
155 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,838 /100k
739 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
54 /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)
6 m
22 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
38 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr