Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,747M
€8,146M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€514M
€719M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,374M
€2,792M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,908M
€1,543M
GVA — construction (F)
€596M
€600M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,825M
€1,618M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,000
€12,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,700 PPS
23,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,400
€15,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,147M
€8,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
€3,241M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,889M
€12,664M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,112M
€944M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,325M
€1,473M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,002M
€7,594M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,293
€51,080
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,991M
€2,263M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
234,200
217,600
Self-employed persons
48,700
54,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,000
38,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.6%
75.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.1%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
265,100
268,800
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.7%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.8%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
4.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
5.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
632 /1k
665 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,267 kt
22,723 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
45
743
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
133
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
15 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
83
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)
342,302
354,804
Population aged 65+
118,813
121,234
Population aged under 15
77,367
82,537
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.2 /1k
-6.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
11.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
354,365
369,666
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
5.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
139 /100k
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
195 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
92 /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