Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,161M
€14,173M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€466M
€603M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,698M
€4,270M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,040M
€3,033M
GVA — construction (F)
€796M
€908M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,727M
€2,740M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,100 PPS
29,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,300
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,741M
€7,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,378M
€1,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,232M
€14,232M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,678M
€1,825M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€419M
€271M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,777M
€2,717M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,697M
€2,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,829M
€11,839M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,853
€53,294
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,165M
€4,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,340
311,460
Self-employed persons
40,760
43,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
91,190
82,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.1%
78.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.0%
9.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.2%
2.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
307,200
318,800
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.0%
24.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.6%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
7.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
645 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,616 kt
26,357 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,308
3,358
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
13 km/1000km²
13 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
538
514
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
395,427
410,412
Population aged 65+
127,230
142,439
Population aged under 15
91,983
100,376
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
10.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
646,370
605,068
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.2 /100k
7.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
272 /100k
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
214 /100k
177 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
70 /M
70 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
1.00