Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,169M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€109M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,886M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,536M
GVA — construction (F)
€862M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,725M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,823M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,764M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
297,800
Self-employed persons
42,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
138
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
22
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
406,467
Population aged 65+
134,479
Population aged under 15
97,076
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
277 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
224 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M