Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,728M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,298M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,439M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,781M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,336M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,673M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€499M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,030M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,066M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
373,100
Self-employed persons
34,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,924
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
564
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
652,409
Population aged 65+
231,424
Population aged under 15
166,422
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
170 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,257 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M