Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,216M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€281M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,191M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,087M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,010M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,067M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,790M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,262M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,254M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€712M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€477M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,452M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,215M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,180
Self-employed persons
8,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
536 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
165
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
174,934
Population aged 65+
60,934
Population aged under 15
45,270
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
5 /km²