Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€141,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€87M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€19,635M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€16,072M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,964M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,176M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
75,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€84,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,332M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,502M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€78,264M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€12,347M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€8,654M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€46,715M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€26,051M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,358,510
Self-employed persons
103,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
109,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
435 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,766
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
256
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,260,836
Population aged 65+
336,092
Population aged under 15
265,637
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.7%
Crude rate of total population change
5.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
2,616 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
469 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,255 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M