Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€97,893M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,645M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,922M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,170M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€21,683M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€85,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,248M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€475M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,797M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,004M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,538M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€40,663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€28,707M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
729,700
Self-employed persons
85,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
30.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
23.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
41.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
389 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
627
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
49
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
881,244
Population aged 65+
165,217
Population aged under 15
225,248
Median age of population
36.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
Crude rate of total population change
5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
7,827 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
443 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
619 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
4,651 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
9 /M