NUTS-3 FRF33 · France
Moselle
Moselle generates €32bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (74th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller54 → 38 EU percentile since 1995 (-16 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
Air quality73
Cost advantage61
Talent & skills54
Connectivity54
Resilience50
Demographic outlook46
Growth momentum45
Quality of life44
Governance38
Economic base31
Industrial base28
Freight intensity27
Digital readiness24
Labour market18
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)
61.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.2
Livability44.2
Market access65
Economic scale90
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability71
Labour stability40
Diversification43
Demographic stability46
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density65
Airport access32
Market access65
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1012.3 µg/m³
NO210 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)
44.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs18
Education45.5
Health57
Safety35.3
Connectivity44.5
Environment74
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
45.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 28.1%Diversified · HHI 2294
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 18.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 18.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 28%Public · health · education 28.1%
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)
€32,195M2024
2.4% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€28,545M2025
0.8% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
1,050,2552025
0.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
8.2% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
373,1002024
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€87,9422025
1.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Gross value added
€28,728M2024
1.9% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,728M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,298M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,439M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€1,781M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,336M
2024 · EU pctl 87
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)
28,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 31
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,400
2024 · EU pctl 38
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)
€4,673M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — information & communication (J)
€499M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,030M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,066M
2024 · EU pctl 94
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,545M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,942
2025 · EU pctl 61
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,216M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour market
Employment, total persons
373,100
2024 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
34,000
2024 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,200
2024 · EU pctl 81
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)
473,400
2025 · EU pctl 94
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
55,320
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise births
7,988
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
5,849
2023 · EU pctl 91
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
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)
3,751,430
2025 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,815
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,790 kt
2025 · EU pctl 87
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
554
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
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)
652,409
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
231,424
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
166,422
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 25
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Live births
8,693
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
10,836
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
170 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
949,251
2100 · EU pctl 94
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,257 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
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)
259 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
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 22
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 37
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
122 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.9%
2021 · EU pctl 84
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