NUTS-3 DEB17 · Germany
Population
217,2282025
GDP
€8,334M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
823.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB17 · DEB1B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Westerwaldkreis (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Mayen-Koblenz (61). Contrarian pick: Mayen-Koblenz — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Westerwaldkreis
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 21) — Mayen-Koblenz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mayen-Koblenz · Manufacturing → Mayen-Koblenz · Office → Mayen-Koblenz · Residential → Westerwaldkreis.
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
61.1
66.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
64.8
70.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.6
60.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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92.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.7
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.6
59.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.5% 5y
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,365
€43,410
Population density
264 /km²
209 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,612M
€8,240M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€58M
€49M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,263M
€2,179M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,951M
€1,883M
GVA — construction (F)
€422M
€738M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,675M
€2,171M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,300 PPS
38,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,500
€43,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,756M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,010M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€33,032M
€33,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,524M
€1,630M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,671M
€1,473M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,101M
€7,686M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,279
€92,801
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,820M
€1,970M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
98,200
102,250
Self-employed persons
9,100
9,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,140
23,960
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
81.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
115,300
111,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,646
8,085
Enterprise births
600
659
Enterprise deaths
610
629
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.2%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
7.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
819,773
629,775
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
660 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,876 kt
8,434 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,278
801
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
588
386
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
135,407
130,733
Population aged 65+
51,145
47,353
Population aged under 15
30,676
29,717
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.8%
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
1.6 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
1,745
1,604
Deaths
2,746
2,538
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
269 /km²
211 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
232,545
206,552
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.2%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.9 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
12.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,059 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.2 /100k
13.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
178 /100k
142 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
743 /100k
591 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
39 /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)
302 m
448 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
69 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr