Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,812M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€459M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,849M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,621M
GVA — construction (F)
€655M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,350M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,241M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,664M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€641M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€858M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,300
Self-employed persons
30,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
194,343
Population aged 65+
64,761
Population aged under 15
42,578
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
153 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
92 /M