Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€48,497M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,175M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,679M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,142M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,432M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,864M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€101,220M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,922M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€188,904M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,746M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€748M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,178M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
599,200
Self-employed persons
131,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
156,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
813,343
Population aged 65+
293,432
Population aged under 15
159,109
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
279 /km²