Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€68,915M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€123M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,345M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,511M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,529M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€20,091M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
67,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,429M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,051M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,410M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,594M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,915M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€25,310M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€12,517M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,668,320
Self-employed persons
67,050
Employment in manufacturing (C)
119,430
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
59.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
46.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
429 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,362
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
318
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,128,114
Population aged 65+
350,479
Population aged under 15
206,616
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
Population density (persons per km²)
3,305 /km²