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Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt

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Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €20bn of GDP across 224.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 74.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +10.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (86th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (29th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
74.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth68
Livability56.8
Market access92
Economic scale81
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability0
Labour stability80
Diversification9
Demographic stability77
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access83
Market access92
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary52
Lifelong learning49
Knowledge workers61
Scientists & engineers68
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.7 µg/m³
PM1015.1 µg/m³
NO220.9 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)
56.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy86
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety49
Connectivity46
Environment29
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
68
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+4.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+5.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 38.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2723
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 14.5%Construction 1.9%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 38.8%Public · health · education 23.9%
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)
€17,978M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,610M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,083M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€344M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,716M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,700
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
78,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 98
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€88,400
2023 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,699M
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,472M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,098M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,982M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,303M
2023 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
167,060
2023 · EU pctl 67
Self-employed persons
9,940
2023 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,700
2023 · EU pctl 31
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.3%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.4%
2019 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,341
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise births
722
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise deaths
734
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
44
2012 · EU pctl 73
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
219 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 77
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,159,125
2024 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
621 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · 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.
846
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
377
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
156,299
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
40,470
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
27,915
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
38.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
2,005
2024 · EU pctl 53
Deaths
2,003
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
2,361 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 97
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,473 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
153 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 55
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 89
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 9
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