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Mykolaiv

Ukraine · 0.4 million people · =636 of 1032

Falling behind, from a high base.

Where it stands (2020–24 data)High base
Light trendFading
Rising City Index grade B
38.6 out of 100Based on 6 of 6 forces
What this grade says

Mykolaiv scores 38.6 out of 100 against fixed benchmarks. Strongest: energy and transport. Weakest: people and environment. It starts from a high base (2020–24 levels). Night-time light has been falling, both before 2022 and since.

Economy32

735th of 1031 cities

Connections40

521st of 1022 cities · rests on one measure

Energy100

1st of 1032 cities

People1

1022nd of 1032 cities

Transport43

418th of 1031 cities

Environment15

899th of 1032 cities

The grade is the average of the six force scores, and can sit at most two bands above the city's third-weakest force. AAA and AA need all six forces scored.

How to read the table: every measure is scored from 0 to 100 against a fixed benchmark (the line under each measure), not against other cities. Adding cities never changes this score. Black bars = a score below 15.

MeasureMykolaivScore against the benchmarkScore
Economy · 32 out of 100
Night-time light, 2015–250 = no growth · 100 = +10% a year (light ×2.6 in a decade) −92% 0
Research output, 2015–240 = no growth · 100 = output ×8 in a decade (+23.1% a year; set high because new journals entering the index inflate growth) · scored only with at least 100 works in 2015 +246% 64
Income per person, 2015–20Context, not in the grade: its period ends in the COVID year (2020) +4% –
Connections · 40 out of 100
Fixed internet speed growth, 2020–230 = no gain · 100 = +50% a year · growth counted from at least 15 Mbps +105% 54
Research with foreign co-authors, 2015–240 = no gain in the share of research written with co-authors abroad · 100 = +15 points a decade · scored only with at least 100 works in 2015 +3.5 points 26
World attention (Wikipedia readers), 2016–18 to 2023–250 = the city's share of Wikipedia reading does not grow · 100 = it grows 5% a year (×1.4 in seven years) · 3-year averages over at least 3 Wikipedias (10 large ones plus the city's own languages); renamed or new pages left out, one-off news peaks capped at twice the 10-year median not reported –
Air passengers, 2015–25Extra fact, not in the grade: no single worldwide airport source; filled as official files arrive not reported –
Internet speed reached, 2023Context, not in the grade: a level, not a change (it counts in “where it stands”) 48 Mbps –
Energy · 100 out of 100
Sun and wind added within 100 km, 2015–250 = none · 100 = 350 W per person per decade (the world average pace 2015–25, IRENA) 470.2 W per person 100
Clean share of new power within 100 km, 2015–250 = all new power nearby is fossil · 100 = all of it is clean (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geothermal); scored where at least 100 MW was built 100% 100
Built-up land lit at night, 2015–25Context, not in the grade: 4 in 10 cities are already fully lit, and street-light dimming or LED switch-overs read as falls −48.7 points –
People · 1 out of 100
Population growth, 2015–250 = shrinking or flat · 100 = +3% a year −12% 0
Human development (region), 2015–200 = no gain · 100 = +0.008 a year · Regional figure: every city in the province shares this value. +0.001 2
Share of residents aged 20–34, 2015–250 = the share aged 20–34 falls 5 points a decade · 100 = it rises 1 point or more · within 25 km · Regional figure: modelled by WorldPop from province-level census ages, so cities in one province can share the same value. −5.9 points 0
Transport · 43 out of 100
Residents near public transport0 = 0% · 100 = 100% (UN target: everyone by 2030) 80% 80
Mobile internet speed growth, 2020–230 = no gain · 100 = mobile speed doubling every year (×8 in three years) · growth counted from at least 15 Mbps +23% 7
Metro and rapid bus opened per million people, 2015–25Extra fact, not in the grade: no single worldwide metro source; filled as official records arrive not reported –
Environment · 15 out of 100
Land built vs people added, 2010–200 = land grows 2× faster than people · 100 = land grows at most 0.35 times as fast population fell while land grew 0
Fine-particle air pollution, 2013–15 to 2021–230 = no fall · 100 = −8% a year (China's 2013–20 pace), or already at or below 5 µg/m³ (the WHO guideline) −10% 16
Greenness of built-up land, 2015–250 = −0.03 a decade (losing green) · 100 = +0.10 a decade +0.009 30
Weakest forces

people · environment

Its two lowest force scores. Strongest: energy · transport.

Sources: NASA Black Marble · EU JRC GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (air, greenness, sprawl, human development, internet) and GHS-POP (people within 100 km) · UN-Habitat SDG 11.2.1 · OpenAlex · Global Energy Monitor · airport operators and aviation authorities · metro and transit operators. Mostly Estimates. Every score is measured against a fixed benchmark, not against other cities. Nobody can pay for or submit data to a grade. How the grade works

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