Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,198M
€11,616M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€149M
€620M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,296M
€4,167M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,034M
€3,146M
GVA — construction (F)
€502M
€727M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,608M
€1,951M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,800
€15,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,500 PPS
30,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,400
€24,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,892M
€11,563M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,856M
€1,779M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,475M
€21,530M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,185M
€1,617M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€247M
€208M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,791M
€2,169M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,853M
€1,983M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,861M
€9,717M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,293
€55,162
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,580M
€3,329M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
194,830
246,640
Self-employed persons
24,080
27,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
67,160
81,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
77.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.2%
7.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
221,200
251,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.2%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.5%
42.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
10.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.9%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.2%
9.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
599 /1k
573 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,274 kt
17,807 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,148
2,921
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
7 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
478
564
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
285,665
325,396
Population aged 65+
94,452
112,286
Population aged under 15
69,377
79,965
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.5 /1k
1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
10.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
59.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
145 /km²
78 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
412,530
424,008
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
3.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
276 /100k
99.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
244 /100k
131 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
44 /M
63 /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