Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€78,862M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,394M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,229M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,658M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€26,045M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,975M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€41,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,268M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,746M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€28,718M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,927M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,353,540
Self-employed persons
147,780
Employment in manufacturing (C)
63,570
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,989
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
510
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,373,075
Population aged 65+
473,716
Population aged under 15
309,821
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
14.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
Population density (persons per km²)
1,620 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
187 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
895 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M