Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,901M
€11,370M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€197M
€218M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,149M
€2,413M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€368M
€2,126M
GVA — construction (F)
€468M
€975M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,430M
€2,343M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,900
€22,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,800 PPS
28,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,100
€27,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,012M
€50,148M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€50M
€4,606M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,578M
€95,178M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€998M
€1,803M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€436M
€132M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,276M
€3,064M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,382M
€2,354M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,413M
€11,502M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,280
€76,239
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,045M
€2,670M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,800
169,700
Self-employed persons
21,900
41,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,800
28,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.9%
68.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
37.7%
21.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
16.6%
5.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
155,000
202,600
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
28.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.6%
37.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.5%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.7%
23.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.7%
6.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
495 /1k
701 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,024
3,009
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
—
6,412 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
248
650
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
84
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
249,146
289,019
Population aged 65+
98,383
120,155
Population aged under 15
66,262
53,487
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
41.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
-4.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
11.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.1%
60.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.80
1.09
Population density (persons per km²)
247 /km²
143 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
277,231
363,713
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
14.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
392 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,902 /100k
577 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
131 /M
56 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.41