Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,332M
€6,208M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
€89M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€983M
€1,761M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€827M
€1,485M
GVA — construction (F)
€91M
€830M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,189M
€1,090M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€13,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,600 PPS
21,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,100
€17,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€16,004M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€3,831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€39,066M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€905M
€540M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€120M
€29M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,655M
€982M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,406M
€1,067M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,646M
€6,068M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,854
€40,068
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€967M
€1,527M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
154,470
183,760
Self-employed persons
26,970
25,170
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,770
57,490
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
77.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
18.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
6.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
222,600
222,200
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
29.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
41.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
15.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
23.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
10.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
955
23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,960 kt
2,784 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
207
6
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
—
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
307,007
272,987
Population aged 65+
96,203
87,387
Population aged under 15
58,895
48,704
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
46.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
32.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.8 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-6.3 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
9.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.5%
49.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
6,833 /km²
226 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
335,769
222,973
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
17.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
90.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
324 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.02
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.81
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.13
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.79
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.89