NUTS-3 DEA5C · Germany
Population
393,7842025
GDP
€14,640M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
544.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA5C · DEA45
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Unna (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Lippe (59). Contrarian pick: Lippe — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 88).
Why you might not pick Unna
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 28) — Lippe may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Unna · Manufacturing → Lippe · Office → Lippe · Residential → Lippe.
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
64.8
59.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.8
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.3
58.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
53.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
87.3
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.0
36.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.8
32.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,177
€37,134
Population density
723 /km²
278 /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)
€13,372M
€11,775M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€91M
€99M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,477M
€3,455M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,296M
€3,079M
GVA — construction (F)
€524M
€565M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,126M
€1,904M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
€37,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
€18,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
€5,057M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
€52,413M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,930M
€2,543M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,224M
€3,208M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,326M
€10,864M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,141
€82,515
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,867M
€2,468M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,790
164,460
Self-employed persons
14,390
13,630
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,970
38,430
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
188,400
184,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,041
11,891
Enterprise births
964
909
Enterprise deaths
1,061
962
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
33.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
376,533
951,866
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
632 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,328 kt
8,248 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,522
2,560
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
641
737
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
244,009
212,390
Population aged 65+
95,818
82,892
Population aged under 15
53,957
51,867
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
39.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.3 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
3,184
2,996
Deaths
5,495
4,492
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
63.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
728 /km²
279 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
377,125
385,137
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.1 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.6%
16.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,106 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
256 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.4 /100k
34.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
324 /100k
158 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,239 /100k
864 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
38 /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)
72 m
201 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
51 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr