Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€32,889M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€965M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,079M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,210M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,496M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,361M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,795M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,330M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,790M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,656M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€973M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,727M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,261M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
334,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
22.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
503 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12,363
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,887
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
422,374
Population aged 65+
124,620
Population aged under 15
108,216
Median age of population
40.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.5%
Crude rate of total population change
6.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48