Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€32,181M
€30,805M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€996M
€393M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,446M
€11,844M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,965M
€11,438M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,078M
€1,928M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,804M
€5,153M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,300 PPS
50,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,700
€48,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,490M
€45,497M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,941M
€12,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€75,959M
€74,553M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,013M
€3,736M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€569M
€562M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,741M
€7,768M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,117M
€3,719M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€32,268M
€31,017M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,440
€97,531
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,391M
€8,152M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
425,000
362,200
Self-employed persons
95,200
76,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
119,900
102,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.8%
74.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.7%
17.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
414,000
345,400
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.8%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
36.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.3%
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.0%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
5.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
680 /1k
691 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
135
2
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
33,592 kt
20,488 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
0
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
558,293
451,205
Population aged 65+
213,689
169,492
Population aged under 15
107,273
87,643
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
37.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
10.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
357 /km²
264 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
847,270
790,179
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.41