NUTS-3 DED2E · Germany
Population
239,2212025
GDP
€8,196M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,459 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DED2E · DE80L
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Meißen (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Vorpommern-Rügen (46). Contrarian pick: Vorpommern-Rügen — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Air quality (74) · Labour market (62)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Meißen
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 20) — Vorpommern-Rügen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Meißen 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
48.7
45.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.0
32.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.9
53.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.3
74.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
44.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.3
22.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
21.0
46.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.7% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,261
€34,573
Population density
164 /km²
66 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,486M
€6,796M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€196M
€349M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,926M
€779M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,630M
€351M
GVA — construction (F)
€698M
€423M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,447M
€1,485M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
€34,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,678M
€13,049M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,549M
€885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,145M
€30,582M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,329M
€1,391M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,890M
€2,369M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,935M
€6,228M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,863
€80,721
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,665M
€1,670M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
111,620
100,230
Self-employed persons
10,680
10,630
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,680
5,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.8%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
112,500
102,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,689
8,839
Enterprise births
477
575
Enterprise deaths
637
695
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.3%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.9%
28.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.8%
29.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
7.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
7.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
653,208
9,719,172
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
533 /1k
564 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,102 kt
7,247 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,298
2,177
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
961
1,012
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
151
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
137,538
126,444
Population aged 65+
70,239
63,580
Population aged under 15
31,444
25,179
Median age of population
51.9 yrs
53.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.1%
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
-4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.6 /1k
16.6 /1k
Live births
1,226
1,189
Deaths
3,512
3,580
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.9%
70.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
167 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
222,473
183,332
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.6%
21.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.9%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,076 /100k
1,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
39.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
286 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
812 /100k
1,046 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
59 /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)
178 m
17 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr