Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€190,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€880M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€35,438M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€29,449M
GVA — construction (F)
€9,083M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€55,126M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€57,689M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,484M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€147,909M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€55,293M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€35,076M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,865,100
Self-employed persons
368,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
341,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11,565
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
4,007,868
Population aged 65+
1,174,289
Population aged under 15
777,784
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
Crude rate of total population change
13.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
767 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
371 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
342 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,112 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M