Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,764M
€7,173M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€709M
€521M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,863M
€1,398M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,148M
€1,240M
GVA — construction (F)
€719M
€556M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,812M
€1,393M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,800
€9,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,700 PPS
22,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,400
€16,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,125M
€7,214M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,853M
€3,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,656M
€7,834M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€896M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€210M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,207M
€1,579M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,454M
€1,726M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,371M
€6,299M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,445
€41,553
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,868M
€2,937M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,900
212,330
Self-employed persons
65,100
22,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,600
37,160
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.0%
77.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.7%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
304,600
261,900
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.7%
23.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.1%
26.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
17.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
6.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
395 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,414 kt
7,633 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
43
1,277
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
7 km/1000km²
15 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
246
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
398,857
339,013
Population aged 65+
125,683
102,657
Population aged under 15
92,936
78,459
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
30.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.2 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
12.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
53.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
85 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
428,810
489,965
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.3 /100k
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
267 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
361 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M
60 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.66
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.29
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.24
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.04
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.67