Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,616M
€12,932M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€620M
€459M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,167M
€4,496M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,146M
€3,919M
GVA — construction (F)
€727M
€650M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,951M
€2,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,600
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
31,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,600
€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,563M
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,779M
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,530M
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,617M
€1,521M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€208M
€360M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,169M
€2,502M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,983M
€2,537M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,717M
€11,051M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€55,162
€58,199
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,329M
€3,627M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,640
260,240
Self-employed persons
27,320
24,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
81,240
80,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.7%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.0%
12.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.5%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
251,900
268,000
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.8%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
6.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,807 kt
21,955 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,921
2,547
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
564
458
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
325,396
346,214
Population aged 65+
112,286
126,020
Population aged under 15
79,965
83,689
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
10.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.1%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
424,008
467,241
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.9 /100k
7.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.0 /100k
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
131 /100k
200 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M
44 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.20
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.33
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.80
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.00
1.00