NUTS-3 DED51 · Germany
Population
611,8502025
GDP
€29,213M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
296.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DED51 · IE042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: West (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 67).
Why you might not pick West
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
West 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
62.6
67.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.0
31.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.0
57.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
37.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
49.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
69.0
81.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.4
86.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
6.7% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
1.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.9% 5y
0.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,745
€59,174
Population density
2,063 /km²
36 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,683M
€29,129M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€20M
€380M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,717M
€12,088M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,014M
€11,219M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,123M
€1,193M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,593M
€5,822M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,700
€26,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,000 PPS
50,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,200
€59,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,129M
€7,935M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,577M
€2,209M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,874M
€18,607M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,757M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€1,486M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,752M
€4,736M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,479M
€4,911M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,096M
€28,890M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,108
€136,135
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,994M
€5,875M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
365,780
250,020
Self-employed persons
26,510
43,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,180
38,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
77.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
13.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
338,900
276,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,140
35,534
Enterprise births
2,094
3,755
Enterprise deaths
2,135
4,709
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.2%
6.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
53.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.1%
61.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.6%
13.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.1%
27.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.4%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
92.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,818,853
5,692,982
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
478 /1k
458 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,608 kt
11,040 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,660
1,300
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
252
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
5 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
409,586
334,052
Population aged 65+
119,846
90,182
Population aged under 15
82,418
92,751
Median age of population
39.8 yrs
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
27.0%
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
25.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
22.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
6.9 /1k
Live births
4,811
4,987
Deaths
6,751
3,498
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.01
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
2,082 /km²
37 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
559,911
586,284
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.6%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
20.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
276 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,076 /100k
885 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.6 /100k
5.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
889 /100k
108 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,336 /100k
634 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
58 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
116 m
62 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
16 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
8 days/yr