Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€31,231M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,373M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,898M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,054M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,527M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,274M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,383M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,967M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,292M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,624M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,536M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
468,100
Self-employed persons
60,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
499 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
648,918
Population aged 65+
221,382
Population aged under 15
128,143
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
Crude rate of total population change
10.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
58 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
254 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M