NUTS-3 DEB12 · Germany
Population
129,3532025
GDP
€4,317M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
782.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB12 · AT212
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ahrweiler (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Oberkärnten (46). Contrarian pick: Oberkärnten — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Air quality (80) · Freight intensity (68)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ahrweiler
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 21) — Oberkärnten may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ahrweiler 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
54.6
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.8
60.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.8
57.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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80.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.7
26.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.0
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4
56.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
0.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,372
€40,485
Population density
165 /km²
30 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,943M
€4,499M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€43M
€142M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€763M
€1,388M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€658M
€608M
GVA — construction (F)
€336M
€495M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€887M
€976M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,000 PPS
35,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
€40,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,756M
€7,146M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,010M
€1,987M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€33,032M
€12,640M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€918M
€761M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€996M
€737M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,678M
€4,140M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,960
€100,577
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€943M
€1,293M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,740
51,700
Self-employed persons
6,150
10,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,990
6,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
77.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
66,800
59,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,358
7,966
Enterprise births
454
484
Enterprise deaths
445
371
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
36.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.2%
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
89.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
836,944
5,629,049
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
660 /1k
661 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,526 kt
4,566 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
861
3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
666
2
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
78,475
75,893
Population aged 65+
33,561
31,783
Population aged under 15
17,317
15,921
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.8%
41.9%
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.1 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
992
871
Deaths
1,613
1,451
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
62.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
165 /km²
30 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
114,390
92,312
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.2%
21.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.9 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
768 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,059 /100k
953 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
221 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.3 /100k
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
199 /100k
120 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
826 /100k
545 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
428 m
1,041 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
132 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
14 days/yr