Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,418M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€696M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,886M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,352M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,526M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,196M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,447M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,235M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,979M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,249M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,865M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
392,500
Self-employed persons
69,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
608,104
Population aged 65+
234,267
Population aged under 15
105,447
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.92
Population density (persons per km²)
212 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
154 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
48 /M