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