Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,630M
€32,665M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€72M
€433M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,971M
€13,253M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,605M
€12,799M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,819M
€1,619M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,701M
€5,778M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,400 PPS
44,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
€42,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€101,220M
€45,490M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,922M
€10,941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€188,904M
€75,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,097M
€3,720M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,223M
€500M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,136M
€7,603M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,932M
€3,977M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€31,046M
€32,754M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,350
€87,720
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,143M
€8,517M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
360,800
425,100
Self-employed persons
82,800
90,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
81,300
145,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.7%
71.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.9%
13.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
410,600
405,200
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.6%
21.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.8%
13.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
17.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.2%
5.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
680 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
65
2
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,458 kt
26,782 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
0
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
559,916
546,454
Population aged 65+
209,814
204,177
Population aged under 15
109,573
103,532
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
37.4%
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
9.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
56.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
2,173 /km²
314 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
793,548
795,121
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.41