NUTS-3 FRF31 · France
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle generates €25bn of GDP across 730.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (57.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable55 → 47 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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)
Energy cost88
Demographic outlook86
Cost advantage61
Air quality57
Talent & skills54
Resilience50
Connectivity49
Growth momentum47
Quality of life43
Economic base42
Governance38
Freight intensity36
Digital readiness24
Labour market18
Industrial base17
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)
56.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.6
Livability42.6
Market access51
Economic scale85
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)
49.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability40
Diversification22
Demographic stability41
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density67
Airport access28
Market access51
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary78
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers59
Scientists & engineers23
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO211.9 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)
42.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40.5
Jobs18
Education45.5
Health57
Safety33.7
Connectivity45.5
Environment57.7
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
46.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.9 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 · 32.2%Diversified · HHI 2471
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 14.4%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 30%Public · health · education 32.2%
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 · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€24,753M2024
3.0% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€21,947M2025
0.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Population
730,1032025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
8.2% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
277,2002024
0.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Productivity / employee
€91,0042025
1.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Gross value added
€22,075M2024
2.4% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,075M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€170M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,169M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,037M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — construction (F)
€1,200M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,803M
2024 · EU pctl 81
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,600
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,800
2024 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,068M
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,764M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,107M
2024 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,838M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€546M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,614M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,119M
2024 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,947M
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,004
2025 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,548M
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour market
Employment, total persons
277,200
2024 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
27,100
2024 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,100
2024 · EU pctl 60
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
333,500
2025 · EU pctl 88
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
40,849
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise births
5,984
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
4,566
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.7%
2023 · EU pctl 96
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,395,691
2025 · EU pctl 60
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,176
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,818 kt
2025 · EU pctl 83
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
572
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
76
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
459,560
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged 65+
155,663
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
114,880
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 11
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
5,858
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
7,010
2024 · EU pctl 87
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 53
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
759,466
2100 · EU pctl 90
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
946 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
359 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,546 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
375 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
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 37
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 46
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 49
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
73.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.7%
2021 · EU pctl 71
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