Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,806M
€2,117M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€100M
€23M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,669M
€75M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
€23M
GVA — construction (F)
€124M
€162M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€274M
€938M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,400
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,700 PPS
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,500
€22,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,619M
€7,641M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€156M
€658M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€3,486M
€13,216M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€220M
€264M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€20M
€57M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€365M
€476M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€275M
€443M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,946M
€2,028M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,706
€49,435
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€981M
€782M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,910
55,090
Self-employed persons
23,240
8,860
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,480
2,790
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.4%
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.5%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.4%
5.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
52,100
53,200
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.7%
31.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.2%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.2%
6.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
23.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
6.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
278 /1k
549 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,072 kt
1,325 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
—
18
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
27 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
—
16
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
82
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)
68,265
71,788
Population aged 65+
25,113
27,459
Population aged under 15
14,809
17,146
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.8%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
13.3 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.9 /1k
10.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
11.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
37 /km²
66 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
118,580
105,447
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.6 /100k
2.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
67.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
347 /100k
159 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
113 /M
75 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.73