Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,958M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€542M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,875M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,495M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,194M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,453M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,779M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,548M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,877M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,735M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€717M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,074M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,821M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
230,320
Self-employed persons
26,790
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,650
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
710 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,328
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
875
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
306,425
Population aged 65+
120,009
Population aged under 15
68,385
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
Crude rate of total population change
8.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
152 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,325 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M