Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€107,861M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€71M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,434M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,799M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,678M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€31,947M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€60,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€28,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,004M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€62,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€33,331M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€26,401M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,127,400
Self-employed persons
114,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
59,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
363 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,167
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
205
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,401,288
Population aged 65+
334,230
Population aged under 15
292,771
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.9%
Crude rate of total population change
11.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
5,094 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
83.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,644 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,039 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
10 /M