NUTS-3 DEE05 · Germany
Population
153,0352025
GDP
€5,955M2023
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
1,463 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE05 · DEE0C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Anhalt-Bitterfeld (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Salzlandkreis (42). Contrarian pick: Salzlandkreis — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Freight intensity (92) · Industrial base (91)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Industrial base (78)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 14) — Salzlandkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Anhalt-Bitterfeld 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
43.9
42.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
13.8
27.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.5
39.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
66.0
44.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.0
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
14.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
32.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
0.0% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,915
€34,789
Population density
105 /km²
126 /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)
€5,440M
€5,744M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€213M
€160M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,178M
€2,072M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,760M
€1,454M
GVA — construction (F)
€242M
€346M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€798M
€751M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,400 PPS
30,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
€34,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€15,488M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€2,294M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€40,875M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€841M
€898M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,168M
€1,517M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,768M
€5,035M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,385
€86,537
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,197M
€1,264M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,630
76,530
Self-employed persons
5,350
6,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,210
16,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
6.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
71,700
84,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,611
4,996
Enterprise births
229
276
Enterprise deaths
353
397
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.8%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
25.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
28.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
7.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
16.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
6.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
296,770
311,372
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
573 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,529 kt
13,332 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,148
824
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
750
456
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
89,292
105,458
Population aged 65+
45,775
53,963
Population aged under 15
17,968
21,350
Median age of population
53.0 yrs
53.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.3%
51.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.0 /1k
-8.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
3.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
5.4 /1k
Crude death rate
17.1 /1k
17.3 /1k
Live births
801
974
Deaths
2,631
3,148
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.4%
71.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
108 /km²
129 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
133,750
156,867
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
79.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.3%
21.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,223 /100k
1,223 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
276 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.8 /100k
35.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
422 /100k
501 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,031 /100k
1,050 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
52 /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)
54 m
73 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr