NUTS-3 ES640 · Spain
Melilla
Export region data (CSV)Melilla generates €1.8bn of GDP across 87.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 16.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate down 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (93.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (1th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
16.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth17.6
Livability43.1
Market access0
Economic scale5
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability74
Labour stability15
Diversification2
Demographic stability52
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access71
Market access0
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary54
Lifelong learning60
Knowledge workers44
Scientists & engineers2
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.4 µg/m³
PM1026.3 µg/m³
NO210.5 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)
43.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy19.5
Jobs1
Education15.5
Health59.5
Safety93.3
Connectivity82
Environment30.7
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
17.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.2 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: Public · health · education · 49.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3396
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 3.4%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.1%Public · health · education 49.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,699M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€58M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — construction (F)
€85M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€332M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,900
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 16
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,500
2023 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€1,117M
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€375M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€848M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,300
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
4,300
2023 · EU pctl 9
Employment in manufacturing (C)
200
2023 · EU pctl 0
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
63.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,751
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise births
495
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise deaths
478
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 52
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
30.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.0%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
133,821
2024 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
615 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
58,987
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged 65+
11,039
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
17,041
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
36.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of total population change
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Live births
795
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
434
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
6,180 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 99
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
195 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,062 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
206 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
123 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
119 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
315 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
11 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
51 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
26
2024 · EU pctl 95
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
74
2024 · EU pctl 97
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