Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€79,047M
€94,887M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€320M
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,577M
€14,949M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,860M
€11,478M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,949M
€4,868M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€27,965M
€25,389M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,000
€28,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,600 PPS
51,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€62,400
€61,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,903M
€26,915M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,009M
€3,360M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,907M
€54,689M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,635M
€10,083M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13,152M
€9,876M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,419M
€26,974M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,817M
€22,406M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€66,058M
€95,396M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,842
€111,045
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€27,887M
€25,892M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,042,060
997,840
Self-employed persons
224,820
78,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
64,630
81,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
81.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.0%
22.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
10.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
735,700
989,400
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
48.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
61.5%
43.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
30.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
41.4%
34.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
17.0%
14.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
761 /1k
542 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,448
7,876
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,488 kt
40,744 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
104
442
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
82 km/1000km²
35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
925,154
1,179,539
Population aged 65+
257,441
327,786
Population aged under 15
215,285
274,975
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
9.5 /1k
12.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.2 /1k
11.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
7.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
51.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
2,869 /km²
195 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,576,574
1,899,420
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
72.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
608 /100k
114 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
669 /100k
3,042 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
18 /M
16 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
1.90
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
1.91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
2.19
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
1.09