NUTS-3 DEG0T · Germany
Population
106,6572025
GDP
€3,945M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
802.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEG0T · DE725
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vogelsbergkreis (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Ilm-Kreis (44). Contrarian pick: Ilm-Kreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 95).
Why you might not pick Vogelsbergkreis
Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 36) — Ilm-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vogelsbergkreis · Manufacturing → Ilm-Kreis · Office → Vogelsbergkreis · Residential → Vogelsbergkreis.
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
44.2
52.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
57.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.6
61.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.3
66.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
43.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.2
50.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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0.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
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5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,986
€35,586
Population density
133 /km²
69 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,603M
€3,288M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€92M
€78M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,383M
€854M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,289M
€589M
GVA — construction (F)
€178M
€220M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€543M
€553M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,900
€35,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€10,597M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€1,976M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€25,139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€557M
€760M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€850M
€823M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€3,130M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€81,636
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€859M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
51,380
46,690
Self-employed persons
4,490
4,680
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,210
9,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
52,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,481
3,613
Enterprise births
188
281
Enterprise deaths
249
294
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
369,211
408,007
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
641 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
641
1,213
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,755 kt
4,738 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
601
1,199
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 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.
27
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
64,172
60,826
Population aged 65+
29,398
27,113
Population aged under 15
13,087
13,224
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.8%
44.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
-3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
541
773
Deaths
1,548
1,411
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.2%
66.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
70 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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92,989
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
18.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,062 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.4 /100k
18.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
520 /100k
162 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,195 /100k
623 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
31 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
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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)
443 m
541 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
83 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr