NUTS-3 DE80O · Germany
Ludwigslust-Parchim
Export region data (CSV)Ludwigslust-Parchim generates €6.7bn of GDP across 208.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (92th EU percentile) and weakest for health (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50
Livability54.8
Market access52
Economic scale43
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability12
Diversification89
Demographic stability26
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access14
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)
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1012.6 µg/m³
NO24.6 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)
54.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44
Jobs68
Education30.5
Health22
Safety58.7
Connectivity92
Environment68.3
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
50
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Industry · 26.2%Diversified · HHI 1976
Agriculture 6.8%Industry 26.2%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.4%Public · health · education 23.6%
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)
€6,155M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€417M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,611M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,090M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€509M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,037M
2023 · EU pctl 37
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)
28,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,200
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
€1,130M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,450M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,290
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
8,420
2023 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,680
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
6,807
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
390
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
495
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
920,682
2024 · EU pctl 51
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.
2,140
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,028
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
101
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
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)
123,340
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
57,385
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged under 15
27,367
2025 · EU pctl 41
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
1,273
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
2,934
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
155 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
794 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
41 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 25
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 7
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 52
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