Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€79,047M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€320M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,577M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,860M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,949M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€27,965M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€62,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,903M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,009M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,907M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,635M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13,152M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,419M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,817M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,042,060
Self-employed persons
224,820
Employment in manufacturing (C)
64,630
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
61.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
41.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
17.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
761 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,451
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
104
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
925,154
Population aged 65+
257,441
Population aged under 15
215,285
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
9.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
2,869 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
608 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
669 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
18 /M