Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,298M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€309M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€343M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€208M
GVA — construction (F)
€303M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€918M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,118M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€512M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,391M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€600M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€29M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,005M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,419M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,900
Self-employed persons
22,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
64.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
719 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,020
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
522
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
120,431
Population aged 65+
54,858
Population aged under 15
20,042
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98