NUTS-3 DE409 · Germany
Märkisch-Oderland
Export region data (CSV)Märkisch-Oderland generates €5.4bn of GDP across 197.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (77th EU percentile) and weakest for health (33.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.8
Livability54.6
Market access52
Economic scale34
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability26
Diversification73
Demographic stability57
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access49
Market access52
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
27
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary17
Lifelong learning10
Knowledge workers43
Scientists & engineers38
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1013.9 µg/m³
NO25.2 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
54.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs67
Education44
Health33.5
Safety52.7
Connectivity77
Environment68
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
51.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2118
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 15.5%Construction 10.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.7%Public · health · education 29.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,954M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€131M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€770M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€364M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — construction (F)
€517M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€933M
2023 · EU pctl 33
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,000
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,500
2023 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€23,042M
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,607M
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€47,281M
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,125M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,478M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
71,410
2023 · EU pctl 30
Self-employed persons
8,990
2023 · EU pctl 32
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,450
2023 · EU pctl 13
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.3%
2019 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,366
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise births
544
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise deaths
686
2023 · EU pctl 38
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 29
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 34
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
300,677
2024 · EU pctl 18
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
584 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,371
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
693
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
118,573
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
52,175
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
27,069
2025 · EU pctl 41
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of total population change
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
1,079
2024 · EU pctl 28
Deaths
2,724
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,113 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
245 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
300 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
823 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
9 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 40
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 9
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 54
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