NUTS-3 DEE0C · Germany
Population
180,7712025
GDP
€6,289M2023
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
1,432.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEE0C · DE40C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oder-Spree (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Salzlandkreis (42). Contrarian pick: Salzlandkreis — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Industrial base (89) · Freight intensity (86)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Industrial base (78)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oder-Spree
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 7) — Salzlandkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oder-Spree 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
42.1
54.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.3
34.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.3
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
44.7
53.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.7
61.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
14.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.2
60.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.0% 5y
3.9% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.2% 5y
2.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,789
€41,572
Population density
126 /km²
80 /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)
€5,744M
€6,828M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€160M
€96M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,072M
€2,462M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,454M
€2,063M
GVA — construction (F)
€346M
€681M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€751M
€978M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,600 PPS
37,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,400
€41,500
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)
€898M
€1,088M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,517M
€1,524M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,035M
€5,995M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,537
€92,800
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,264M
€1,830M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,530
85,030
Self-employed persons
6,060
7,780
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,210
19,530
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)
84,700
87,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,996
6,013
Enterprise births
276
390
Enterprise deaths
397
559
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
3.3%
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)
311,372
1,180,437
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,332 kt
9,035 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
824
1,326
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).
456
737
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
54
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)
105,458
105,439
Population aged 65+
53,963
51,298
Population aged under 15
21,350
23,080
Median age of population
53.2 yrs
51.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.2%
48.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.4 /1k
-3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
17.3 /1k
15.1 /1k
Live births
974
989
Deaths
3,148
2,719
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.4%
70.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
129 /km²
82 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
156,867
137,887
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
1.1 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.1 /100k
46.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
501 /100k
292 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,050 /100k
1,120 /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)
73 m
61 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr