NUTS-3 DEG0R · Germany
Population
154,9572025
GDP
€5,962M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,370.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEG0R · DEE0B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Saalekreis (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Wartburgkreis (46). Contrarian pick: Wartburgkreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Freight intensity (100) · Industrial base (84)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Saalekreis
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 14) — Wartburgkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Saalekreis · Manufacturing → Saalekreis · Office → Wartburgkreis · Residential → Wartburgkreis.
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
46.1
46.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
24.3
23.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.1
48.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
73.7
67.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.7
73.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
14.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
25.2
28.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
0.7% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,478
€43,832
Population density
113 /km²
127 /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)
€5,446M
€7,305M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
€172M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,045M
€3,086M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,847M
€2,019M
GVA — construction (F)
€291M
€507M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€750M
€1,385M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,000 PPS
39,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,100
€43,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€15,488M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€2,294M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€40,875M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€993M
€1,055M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,267M
€1,100M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€6,403M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€101,813
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€1,608M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
75,910
82,720
Self-employed persons
5,920
6,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,530
15,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
6.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
87,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,659
5,178
Enterprise births
208
316
Enterprise deaths
337
390
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
3.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
25.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
28.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
7.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
16.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
6.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
680,642
426,254
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
573 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,006 kt
17,981 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,054
1,422
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
680
779
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
91,311
108,511
Population aged 65+
44,056
50,454
Population aged under 15
19,590
23,486
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.2%
46.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.8 /1k
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
14.1 /1k
Live births
853
998
Deaths
2,260
2,583
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.7%
68.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
130 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
150,408
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
79.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
21.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,223 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
276 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
42.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
510 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
833 /100k
1,024 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
52 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
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)
301 m
115 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
56 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr