Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,347M
€11,616M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€43M
€620M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,191M
€4,167M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€909M
€3,146M
GVA — construction (F)
€57M
€727M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,042M
€1,951M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€15,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,500 PPS
30,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,700
€24,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€11,563M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€1,779M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€21,530M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,377M
€1,617M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€240M
€208M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,802M
€2,169M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,213M
€1,983M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,860M
€9,717M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,038
€55,162
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,580M
€3,329M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
242,010
246,640
Self-employed persons
30,110
27,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,510
81,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
77.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
7.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
2.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
242,900
251,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
42.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
10.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
9.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
573 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,190 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.
901
2,921
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
176
564
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
69
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)
335,045
325,396
Population aged 65+
115,029
112,286
Population aged under 15
63,371
79,965
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
10.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.2%
59.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
561 /km²
78 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
263,675
424,008
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
3.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
99.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
131 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
63 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
1.00