NUTS-3 DEB3F · Germany
Population
106,3432025
GDP
€2,893M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
646.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB3F · DE267
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kaiserslautern, Landkreis (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Haßberge (46). Contrarian pick: Haßberge — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 93).
#2Haßberge
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Freight intensity (91)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kaiserslautern, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 19) — Haßberge may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Kaiserslautern, Landkreis 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
51.1
46.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.0
52.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.0
66.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.3
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
46.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.4
32.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.4% 5y
2.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,209
€39,412
Population density
165 /km²
87 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,643M
€3,019M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€35M
€67M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€399M
€1,199M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€256M
€1,039M
GVA — construction (F)
€225M
€158M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€482M
€352M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€29,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,300 PPS
35,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,300
€39,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€12,277M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€2,933M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€34,752M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€773M
€678M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€730M
€564M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,459M
€2,843M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,872
€88,493
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€622M
€618M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,130
39,470
Self-employed persons
4,250
3,860
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,080
12,470
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
—
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,200
47,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,518
2,998
Enterprise births
313
218
Enterprise deaths
319
225
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
34.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
42.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
8.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
8.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
251,268
159,792
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
665 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,409 kt
4,599 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
744
582
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
700
694
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
70
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)
64,589
52,183
Population aged 65+
25,387
19,705
Population aged under 15
16,367
11,981
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
37.8%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
11.0 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
1,171
666
Deaths
1,341
994
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
2.06
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
88 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
101,833
85,183
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
16.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
13.2%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,004 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
208 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.1 /100k
7.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
74.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
655 /100k
535 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /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)
256 m
369 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr