Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,367M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,672M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€744M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,363M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€10,997M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,927M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€144M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,108M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,125M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,075M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
441,000
Self-employed persons
67,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
616 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,573
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
162
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
672,172
Population aged 65+
167,508
Population aged under 15
131,388
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.9%
Crude rate of total population change
13.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
266 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
271 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
959 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M