Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,175M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€501M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,927M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,566M
GVA — construction (F)
€486M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,033M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,635M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€684M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,205M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,378M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,850M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
277,600
Self-employed persons
48,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
597 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
122
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
360,836
Population aged 65+
119,183
Population aged under 15
79,253
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
119 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
174 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M