Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,274M
€9,436M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
€236M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,838M
€3,064M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,570M
€2,305M
GVA — construction (F)
€289M
€800M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,709M
€2,163M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,900 PPS
26,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,600
€18,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€3,210M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€1,188M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€5,945M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,309M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€767M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,647M
€1,404M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,641M
€1,770M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,833M
€8,838M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,066
€44,713
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,722M
€2,678M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
245,070
282,600
Self-employed persons
25,310
49,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,660
71,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
75.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
—
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
252,700
272,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
34.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
5.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
9.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
658 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,980
77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,850 kt
22,810 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
369
14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
348,615
356,670
Population aged 65+
109,959
121,006
Population aged under 15
78,301
77,189
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
45.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
15.7 /1k
-4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.7 /1k
0.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
55.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
353 /km²
106 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
550,643
387,143
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
7.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
189 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
192 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
51 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.54