NUTS-3 DE946 · Germany
Population
127,7512025
GDP
€5,264M2023
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
735.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE946 · DEB22
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bernkastel-Wittlich (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Ammerland (54). Contrarian pick: Ammerland — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 82).
Why you might not pick Bernkastel-Wittlich
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 28) — Ammerland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bernkastel-Wittlich 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
54.1
57.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.8
65.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.1
68.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
77.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.2
57.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
0.0% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.9% 5y
4.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,209
€40,006
Population density
174 /km²
97 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,809M
€4,136M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€194M
€78M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€979M
€1,382M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€782M
€1,151M
GVA — construction (F)
€401M
€296M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,163M
€707M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,000 PPS
35,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€5,179M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€716M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€10,498M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,057M
€817M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,015M
€856M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,381M
€3,818M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,956
€81,833
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,417M
€1,172M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,580
58,100
Self-employed persons
5,790
5,670
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,170
14,120
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
82.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
67,600
57,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,969
4,307
Enterprise births
376
346
Enterprise deaths
389
316
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
35.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.4%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.9%
21.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
6.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
613,666
1,650,589
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
667 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
880
685
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,088 kt
6,619 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
689
605
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
78,088
70,014
Population aged 65+
31,431
27,798
Population aged under 15
18,232
15,375
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.3%
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
944
893
Deaths
1,562
1,449
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.6%
61.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
176 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
108,285
107,261
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
25.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
21.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
986 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.9 /100k
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
182 /100k
137 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
695 /100k
670 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
36 /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)
24 m
147 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
46 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr