Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,972M
€3,834M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€318M
€243M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,068M
€1,183M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€881M
€1,012M
GVA — construction (F)
€349M
€268M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€897M
€769M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,700 PPS
18,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,300
€12,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,384M
€3,210M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,236M
€1,188M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,111M
€5,945M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€493M
€583M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€847M
€790M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,829M
€3,591M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€39,002
€41,669
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€879M
€1,088M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
138,400
123,200
Self-employed persons
38,400
25,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,000
30,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
75.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.8%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
156,200
160,600
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
34.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.3%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
5.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
9.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
613 /1k
658 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,311 kt
13,435 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
54
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
9 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
16
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,551
209,884
Population aged 65+
72,337
76,399
Population aged under 15
43,575
43,626
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.8 /1k
-8.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.0 /1k
-1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
12.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
57.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
1.01
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
82 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
188,715
201,924
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.8 /100k
8.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
131 /100k
157 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
218 /100k
203 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M
51 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.54