NUTS-3 DEB18 · Germany
Population
189,0612025
GDP
€7,634M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
622.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB18 · DEA16
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neuwied (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt (61). Contrarian pick: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 78).
#1Neuwied
Strengths
Industrial base (91) · Labour market (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Neuwied
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Neuwied · Manufacturing → Neuwied · Office → Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
62.8
61.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.8
46.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.2
45.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
39.0
47.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.0
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.0
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.0% 5y
0.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,379
€46,273
Population density
304 /km²
1,915 /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)
€6,973M
€7,314M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€41M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,438M
€1,784M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,221M
€1,621M
GVA — construction (F)
€430M
€341M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,143M
€1,414M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
€46,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,756M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,010M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€33,032M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,427M
€2,441M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,493M
€1,331M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,505M
€6,734M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,751
€102,436
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,667M
€1,255M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
90,490
82,490
Self-employed persons
8,160
6,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,890
12,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
99,300
85,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,114
6,165
Enterprise births
613
565
Enterprise deaths
649
586
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.2%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
332,387
166,627
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
660 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,761 kt
2,551 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,101
593
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
582
343
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
116,647
107,075
Population aged 65+
44,685
41,448
Population aged under 15
27,729
24,527
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
38.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
1,567
1,365
Deaths
2,448
2,339
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.1%
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
1,901 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
157,785
159,067
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.2%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.9 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,059 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.4 /100k
58.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
629 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
804 /100k
1,488 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
22 /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)
336 m
35 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
35 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr