Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€94,887M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€14,949M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,478M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,868M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,389M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€26,915M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,360M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,689M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€10,083M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€9,876M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,974M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€22,406M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
997,840
Self-employed persons
78,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
81,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
30.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
542 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,411
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
416
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,179,539
Population aged 65+
327,786
Population aged under 15
274,975
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
12.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
195 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
72.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,042 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
16 /M