NUTS-3 DEA15 · Germany
Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €11bn of GDP across 267.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (66th EU percentile) and weakest for health (29th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.6
Livability46.5
Market access99
Economic scale63
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)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability57
Diversification33
Demographic stability72
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access78
Market access99
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary35
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers45
Scientists & engineers53
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1013.9 µg/m³
NO216.7 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)
46.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs38.5
Education44.5
Health29
Safety43.3
Connectivity57
Environment47
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
41.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2364
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 16.9%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 27.4%
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)
€10,008M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,687M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,442M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€452M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,343M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,100
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,000
2023 · EU pctl 67
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€40,936M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€5,526M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€145,544M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,764M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,737M
2023 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,650
2023 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
10,890
2023 · EU pctl 38
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,620
2023 · EU pctl 46
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,887
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
901
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise deaths
962
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 41
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
42
2012 · EU pctl 72
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
162 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 67
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.3%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
314,923
2024 · EU pctl 20
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
567 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 35 · 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.
1,258
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
471
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
171,203
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
57,972
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
38,038
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
2,445
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
3,433
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
1,573 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,075 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
254 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
99.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
603 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,205 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
91 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
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.
17
2024 · EU pctl 75
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
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