Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,007M
€4,304M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
€72M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€323M
€1,010M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€146M
€889M
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
€387M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€649M
€679M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,400
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,400 PPS
32,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,600
€36,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,676M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€460M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,341M
€176,106M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€410M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€671M
€1,148M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€832M
€1,008M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,037M
€4,099M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€64,471
€85,718
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€755M
€1,249M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,500
57,430
Self-employed persons
16,200
7,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,400
10,520
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
51.7%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.1%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.8%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,300
69,100
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.6%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
25.7%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.7%
13.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
750 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
494 kt
3,113 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
275
759
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
170
583
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
102,825
81,803
Population aged 65+
37,084
29,366
Population aged under 15
21,989
19,079
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
10.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
120 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,421
133,766
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.3 /100k
7.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
70.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
432 /100k
537 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
35 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.53