Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€65,493M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€699M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,631M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,891M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,501M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€19,509M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€28,842M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,238M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€50,450M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,537M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,598M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€16,738M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,417M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,037,900
Self-employed persons
240,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
110,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
40.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,169
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
208
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,947,248
Population aged 65+
606,732
Population aged under 15
409,653
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
2,528 /km²