NUTS-3 DE80J · Germany
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
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 (93th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (22th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable43 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+10 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Freight intensity84
Labour market62
Air quality56
Governance56
Economic base53
Quality of life50
Connectivity46
Cost advantage45
Growth momentum44
Resilience42
Energy cost36
Demographic outlook28
Industrial base24
Talent & skills22
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.6
Livability49.7
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)
41.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability13
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density93
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)
49.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety22
Connectivity93
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€9,368M2023
5.7% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,842M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Population
246,3182025
0.5% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
5.4% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
120,5202023
0.7% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Productivity / employee
€84,5192025
3.3% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Gross value added
€8,557M2023
7.2% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,842M
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,519
2025 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,103M
2025 · EU pctl 57
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
115,800
2025 · EU pctl 48
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · 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.
2,612
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,740 kt
2025 · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,060
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
216,038
2100 · EU pctl 50
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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
74.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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