NUTS-3 DEE04 · Germany
Population
79,9802025
GDP
€2,598M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,296.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE04 · DE24D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (38). Contrarian pick: Altmarkkreis Salzwedel — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Air quality (89) · Freight intensity (73)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Altmarkkreis Salzwedel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge 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
37.6
42.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.3
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.1
68.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
56.7
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.4
33.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.4% 5y
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,484
€46,716
Population density
35 /km²
116 /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)
€2,373M
€3,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€203M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€649M
€1,034M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€304M
€917M
GVA — construction (F)
€191M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€340M
€388M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,600 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,000
€46,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€354M
€770M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€637M
€661M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,080M
€2,810M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,692
€86,992
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€522M
€934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,490
39,920
Self-employed persons
3,040
3,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,090
12,150
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
38,200
37,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,356
2,533
Enterprise births
114
154
Enterprise deaths
152
189
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
3.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
216,902
384,444
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,157 kt
2,988 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,021
935
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,277
1,325
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
104
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
47,586
42,257
Population aged 65+
22,219
19,342
Population aged under 15
10,175
8,950
Median age of population
52.3 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.7%
45.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.0 /1k
-5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.0 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
16.4 /1k
Live births
433
481
Deaths
1,230
1,162
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.1%
67.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
35 /km²
117 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
72,131
63,807
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.3%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,223 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.8 /100k
12.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
266 /100k
321 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
924 /100k
944 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
37 /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)
59 m
569 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr