Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€31,822M
€25,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€729M
€414M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,084M
€8,081M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,139M
€6,622M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,121M
€1,409M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,359M
€5,365M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,600
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,900 PPS
28,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,400
€23,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,563M
€6,441M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,779M
€1,542M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,530M
€13,069M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,083M
€2,587M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,920M
€1,143M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,360M
€4,466M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,169M
€5,274M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€26,619M
€20,685M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€60,754
€53,062
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,120M
€6,934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
613,460
552,010
Self-employed persons
86,340
60,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
132,300
150,970
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.7%
77.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.0%
14.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
4.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
604,300
583,500
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.8%
11.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
18.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
7.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
529 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
36,191 kt
34,277 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,786
3,044
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
633
257
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
113
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
780,610
753,248
Population aged 65+
253,648
255,082
Population aged under 15
195,085
174,283
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
175 /km²
223 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,163,388
903,805
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
22.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
298 /100k
277 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
269 /100k
392 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M
30 /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