NUTS-3 DEB3G · Germany
Population
69,3342025
GDP
€1,588M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
573.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB3G · DEB36
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kusel (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt (46).
Strengths
Labour market (76) · Connectivity (61)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 21 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Kusel
Economic base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 9) — Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kusel · Manufacturing → Kusel · Office → Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Kusel.
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
47.9
45.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.3
58.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.6
58.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
95.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.0
61.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.8
33.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.2% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,909
€38,344
Population density
121 /km²
457 /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)
€1,451M
€1,854M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€36M
€46M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€286M
€141M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€194M
€90M
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
€112M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€203M
€387M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,200 PPS
34,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,700
€38,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€433M
€525M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€409M
€644M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,350M
€1,725M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,761
€76,485
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€341M
€436M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
19,630
27,800
Self-employed persons
2,290
2,890
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,730
1,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
35,700
27,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,853
2,300
Enterprise births
164
190
Enterprise deaths
183
217
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
114,616
187,010
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,932 kt
585 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
628
255
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
906
482
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
41,803
31,882
Population aged 65+
18,224
13,697
Population aged under 15
9,307
7,366
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
11.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
586
418
Deaths
1,036
768
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.9%
66.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
121 /km²
452 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,825
46,798
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
3.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
43.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
215 /100k
233 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
779 /100k
1,319 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
25 /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)
264 m
244 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
15 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr