NUTS-3 DEA58 · Germany
Märkischer Kreis
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable75 → 66 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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)
Industrial base98
Demographic outlook88
Connectivity87
Economic base65
Governance56
Quality of life51
Freight intensity49
Air quality47
Labour market42
Resilience40
Cost advantage36
Energy cost36
Talent & skills28
Growth momentum28
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)
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)
39.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability71
Labour stability43
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€17,194M2023
5.8% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€14,476M2025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Population
408,0462025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Unemployment rate
4.7%2025
30.6% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Employment
211,5402023
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Productivity / employee
€85,8522025
3.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Gross value added
€15,705M2023
7.3% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,476M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,852
2025 · EU pctl 55
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,367M
2025 · EU pctl 74
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
197,400
2025 · EU pctl 71
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 48 · 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 22
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.
3,881
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,412 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
951
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 29
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
455,063
2100 · EU pctl 79
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
85.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 34
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