Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,821M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€613M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,715M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€952M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,449M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,219M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,611M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€607M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,809M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,013M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
396,100
Self-employed persons
95,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,573
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
131
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
758,596
Population aged 65+
278,988
Population aged under 15
161,154
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
241 /km²