Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,698M
€6,816M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€43M
€346M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,330M
€1,487M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,454M
€1,319M
GVA — construction (F)
€555M
€545M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,840M
€1,903M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
24,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,400
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€10,071M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€14,134M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€501M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€187M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,047M
€981M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€883M
€1,554M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,086M
€5,341M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,487
€44,537
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,818M
€2,200M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
188,900
188,020
Self-employed persons
24,500
29,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
48,400
41,750
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
66.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
24.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
182,000
218,600
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
19.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
20.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
7.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
18.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
8.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
433 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,258 kt
6,361 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,471
145
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
384
28
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
246,921
331,382
Population aged 65+
75,691
104,262
Population aged under 15
60,795
83,930
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
31.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
-0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
12.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
56.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
429 /km²
78 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
323,330
372,288
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.4 /100k
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
172 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
372 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
72 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.55