Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,267M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€186M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,277M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,185M
GVA — construction (F)
€401M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,399M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,805M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,026M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,038M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€586M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€930M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,074M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,860
Self-employed persons
34,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
22.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
436 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
28
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.
106
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
296,656
Population aged 65+
85,423
Population aged under 15
68,846
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
98.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M