Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,886M
€4,670M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€805M
€121M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,614M
€1,101M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,402M
€824M
GVA — construction (F)
€509M
€518M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,306M
€1,098M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,200
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,700 PPS
17,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,000
€12,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,741M
€10,024M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,241M
€1,652M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,664M
€26,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€664M
€710M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€988M
€1,122M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,487M
€4,442M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,494
€39,740
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,635M
€1,002M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
169,100
159,500
Self-employed persons
47,400
38,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,300
31,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.1%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
11.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
189,300
199,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
41.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.7%
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.2%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
31.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.1%
11.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
588 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,673 kt
19,418 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
42
986
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
234
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
10 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
99
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
249,842
271,613
Population aged 65+
79,979
84,972
Population aged under 15
65,810
64,719
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
43.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
31.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
-4.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
-0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
10.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
66 /km²
164 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
303,269
355,690
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
10.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
94.3 /100k
100 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
125 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
92 /M
35 /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