Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€29,588M
€27,075M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,356M
€559M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,678M
€5,209M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,403M
€4,405M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,967M
€1,939M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,516M
€5,295M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,300
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
63,800 PPS
39,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,500
€51,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,943M
€7,012M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€744M
€788M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,272M
€16,981M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,743M
€3,940M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€469M
€856M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,078M
€6,724M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,993M
€7,348M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,188M
€27,868M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€105,951
€104,334
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,082M
€7,141M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
317,400
302,700
Self-employed persons
69,700
17,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,000
38,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
80.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.1%
13.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
265,600
316,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.7%
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
46.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.4%
28.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
14.1%
23.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.7%
8.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
763 /1k
518 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,531 kt
26,161 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
43
4,922
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
830
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
345,749
365,970
Population aged 65+
113,278
138,113
Population aged under 15
80,652
88,685
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.8%
37.7%
Crude rate of total population change
4.0 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
11.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
62.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
77 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
793,254
705,754
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
349 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,123 /100k
1,549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.84