Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,633M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€605M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,542M
GVA — construction (F)
€726M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,127M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,666M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,119M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,624M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€353M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,670M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,637M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
160,800
Self-employed persons
18,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,461
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
390
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
193
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
220,310
Population aged 65+
95,589
Population aged under 15
58,941
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
62 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
413 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,034 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M