NUTS-3 DEB24 · Germany
Population
59,3132025
GDP
€2,480M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2%2019
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
914.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB24 · DEG0G
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vulkaneifel (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Weimarer Land (45). Contrarian pick: Weimarer Land — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 94).
Why you might not pick Vulkaneifel
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 25) — Weimarer Land may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vulkaneifel · Manufacturing → Weimarer Land · Office → Vulkaneifel · Residential → Vulkaneifel.
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
53.4
45.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
33.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.3
50.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
59.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
5.5% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.8% 5y
4.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,817
€38,065
Population density
65 /km²
103 /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)
€2,266M
€2,865M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
€140M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€637M
€1,132M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€539M
€1,019M
GVA — construction (F)
€161M
€266M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€365M
€357M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,200 PPS
33,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
€37,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,179M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€716M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,498M
€42,299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€401M
€351M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€655M
€619M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,091M
€2,648M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,468
€116,987
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€642M
€604M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,200
33,140
Self-employed persons
2,770
3,360
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,220
6,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.2%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.4%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
29,400
40,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,348
2,827
Enterprise births
189
145
Enterprise deaths
192
230
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.2%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.2%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,385,526
311,165
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,800 kt
4,171 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
458
519
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
32 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
772
630
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,942
48,740
Population aged 65+
15,649
22,013
Population aged under 15
7,722
11,639
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
49.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
45.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
-5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
412
451
Deaths
892
1,043
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
69.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
103 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
51,172
69,799
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.8%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.4%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
986 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.5 /100k
26.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
198 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
794 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
36 /M
46 /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)
625 m
362 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
73 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr