NUTS-3 DEA58 · Germany
Märkischer Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Märkischer Kreis generates €17bn of GDP across 408k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +1.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (90th EU percentile) and weakest for health (26th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.8
Livability51.3
Market access94
Economic scale78
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability71
Labour stability42
Diversification6
Demographic stability38
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)
87.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access78
Market access94
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning44
Knowledge workers19
Scientists & engineers29
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1012 µg/m³
NO224.3 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)
51.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs44
Education38.5
Health26
Safety47.7
Connectivity90
Environment48.3
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
27.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 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: Industry · 44.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2882
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 44.1%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 13%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 19.5%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,705M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,929M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,559M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€558M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,034M
2023 · EU pctl 63
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,700
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
2023 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,556M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,134M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€86,336M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,036M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,065M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
211,540
2023 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
15,790
2023 · EU pctl 51
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,390
2023 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,618
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
971
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
1,110
2023 · EU pctl 53
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
96
2012 · EU pctl 90
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
223 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 78
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
27.3%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
348,374
2024 · EU pctl 23
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
603 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 55 · 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.
3,924
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
962
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
255,640
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
95,466
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
56,940
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
3,106
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
5,434
2024 · EU pctl 77
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
386 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,106 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
256 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
255 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
333 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 19
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 96
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 23
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