Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€44,336M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2,047M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,563M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,212M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,551M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,174M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,900
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)
€10,839M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,163M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
770,800
Self-employed persons
112,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
61,600
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.
41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,335,638
Population aged 65+
363,661
Population aged under 15
278,365
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.2%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
142 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
129 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
308 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M