Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,711M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,480M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,187M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,786M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,059M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,082M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€38,703M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,996M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€98,864M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,532M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,370M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
288,400
Self-employed persons
46,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
535 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
505,745
Population aged 65+
166,890
Population aged under 15
100,528
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
237 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M