Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,619M
€3,034M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€198M
€144M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,062M
€658M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€683M
€435M
GVA — construction (F)
€340M
€185M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€476M
€448M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
29,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
€33,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,488M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€516M
€562M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,026M
€1,038M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,172M
€2,664M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,413
€76,938
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€796M
€813M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,140
45,570
Self-employed persons
4,110
4,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,890
6,160
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
50,300
48,300
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
7.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,375 kt
3,985 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
870
1,062
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
28 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
817
1,071
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
62,692
58,421
Population aged 65+
30,527
28,570
Population aged under 15
13,319
12,161
Median age of population
52.8 yrs
52.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
48.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.4 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude death rate
16.9 /1k
15.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.9%
69.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
40 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
97,902
83,627
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
3.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
49.6 /100k
45.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
302 /100k
332 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,168 /100k
1,071 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
45 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53