NUTS-3 DE80J · Germany
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Export region data (CSV)Mecklenburgische Seenplatte generates €9.4bn of GDP across 246.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.6
Livability49.8
Market access38
Economic scale57
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability12
Diversification67
Demographic stability9
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)
46.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access8
Market access38
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary11
Lifelong learning20
Knowledge workers24
Scientists & engineers34
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.8 µg/m³
PM1013.4 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
49.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety22
Connectivity94
Environment58.3
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
43.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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 · 31.5%Diversified · HHI 2152
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 19.7%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.4%Public · health · education 31.5%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,557M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€375M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,682M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€944M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€591M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,635M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,400
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
2023 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,049M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€885M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€30,582M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,575M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,699M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Labour market
Employment, total persons
120,520
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
10,840
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,290
2023 · EU pctl 36
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.3%
2018 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,393
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
477
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise deaths
639
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.4%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,415,691
2024 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
564 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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.
2,677
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,087
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
122
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
142,498
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
73,587
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged under 15
30,233
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
53.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of total population change
-5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
1,387
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
4,095
2024 · EU pctl 66
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.9%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
48 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.5%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,126 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,035 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
60 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 34
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 72
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