NUTS-3 DEE0A · Germany
Population
129,0292025
GDP
€3,734M2023
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
1,458.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE0A · DE40I
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Uckermark (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Mansfeld-Südharz (39). Contrarian pick: Mansfeld-Südharz — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 59).
Strengths
Freight intensity (78) · Industrial base (75)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (69) · Industrial base (63)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Uckermark
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 3) — Mansfeld-Südharz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Uckermark 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
38.8
40.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.5
20.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.5
57.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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60.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
55.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
28.6
35.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.0% 5y
11.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,935
€38,930
Population density
88 /km²
38 /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)
€3,410M
€4,176M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€120M
€164M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,017M
€1,576M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€691M
€997M
GVA — construction (F)
€253M
€206M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€501M
€543M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,500 PPS
34,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,600
€38,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€541M
€648M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€978M
€1,039M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,989M
€3,666M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,403
€95,085
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€751M
€1,119M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
50,150
50,760
Self-employed persons
4,580
5,010
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,070
6,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
58,700
55,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,862
3,378
Enterprise births
218
184
Enterprise deaths
281
261
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
338,140
907,475
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,842 kt
5,038 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
933
1,726
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
28 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
723
1,470
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
81
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)
73,074
67,402
Population aged 65+
41,558
36,156
Population aged under 15
14,397
13,874
Median age of population
55.1 yrs
54.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
56.9%
53.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.7 /1k
-3.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
18.3 /1k
16.9 /1k
Live births
649
600
Deaths
2,375
1,983
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.6%
74.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
90 /km²
39 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
109,471
77,878
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.3%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,223 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.7 /100k
42.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
311 /100k
332 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
966 /100k
1,019 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
45 /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)
368 m
36 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr