Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,437M
€14,118M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€330M
€472M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,259M
€4,390M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,116M
€4,210M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,431M
€1,106M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,593M
€4,978M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€11,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
31,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
€21,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,304M
€12,125M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,739M
€2,853M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,507M
€27,656M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,964M
€1,902M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,860M
€1,270M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,196M
€13,485M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,288
€56,078
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,921M
€3,009M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,700
343,600
Self-employed persons
53,200
61,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,500
100,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
76.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.4%
8.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.1%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
403,900
364,300
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
65.3%
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
69.6%
42.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
45.5%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
685 /1k
667 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
34,692 kt
36,744 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,548
1,687
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
213
233
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
7 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
474,378
477,135
Population aged 65+
127,263
116,557
Population aged under 15
126,386
130,172
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
40.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
24.4%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.4 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
8.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
51.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
299 /km²
148 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
693,368
759,169
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
4.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
85.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
286 /100k
216 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
62 /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