Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,761M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€859M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,806M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,852M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,262M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,873M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,852M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,789M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,398M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,459M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,503M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
320,800
Self-employed persons
40,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
73,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
50.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
117
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
445,109
Population aged 65+
143,534
Population aged under 15
95,211
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
8.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
66 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
69.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
287 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
299 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M