Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,894M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€407M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,463M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,742M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,398M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,861M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€57,689M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,484M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€147,909M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,993M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,773M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
355,800
Self-employed persons
53,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,346
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
154
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
577,580
Population aged 65+
176,264
Population aged under 15
121,686
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
Crude rate of total population change
15.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
581 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M