Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,135M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€363M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,831M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,470M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,207M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,572M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,133M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,693M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,660M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,160M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€237M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,257M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,905M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
280,000
Self-employed persons
78,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
56.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
649 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
358
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
476,361
Population aged 65+
202,877
Population aged under 15
85,253
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
275 /km²