NUTS-3 DEF0E · Germany
Population
132,7312025
GDP
€4,786M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,018.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEF0E · DE94D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oldenburg, Landkreis (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Steinburg (45). Contrarian pick: Steinburg — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 75).
Strengths
Air quality (75) · Connectivity (70)
Red flags
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Long-run slide: down 28 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Oldenburg, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Steinburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oldenburg, Landkreis 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
44.9
55.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.5
66.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.0
58.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
75.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.0
79.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.6
65.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
4.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,059
€35,013
Population density
130 /km²
124 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,372M
€4,222M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€144M
€249M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,050M
€1,098M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€647M
€842M
GVA — construction (F)
€268M
€315M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€627M
€877M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,300 PPS
31,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,200
€35,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,123M
€839M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,159M
€844M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,964M
€3,847M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,848
€84,710
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,075M
€1,244M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,110
57,750
Self-employed persons
6,560
6,170
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,070
11,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
69,700
71,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,565
4,852
Enterprise births
339
379
Enterprise deaths
442
425
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
176,529
426,202
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,957 kt
6,152 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,088
1,289
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
820
977
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 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.
45
28
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)
83,090
82,912
Population aged 65+
31,796
30,388
Population aged under 15
17,845
18,708
Median age of population
48.8 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
5.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
956
1,053
Deaths
1,867
1,722
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.7%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
131 /km²
124 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
119,139
119,472
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.8 /100k
27.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
243 /100k
212 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,216 /100k
752 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
54 /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)
7 m
24 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
40 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr