Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,985M
€25,623M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
€720M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,102M
€4,752M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,159M
€4,317M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,411M
€1,761M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,059M
€4,315M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€23,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,500 PPS
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,100
€34,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€32,580M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
€79,082M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€3,864M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€520M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,263M
€7,465M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,135M
€6,610M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,955M
€25,756M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€58,994
€80,251
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,980M
€6,425M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
485,100
364,200
Self-employed persons
88,900
40,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,300
51,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
16.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
6.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
365,700
395,200
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
42.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
54.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
8.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
42,496 kt
24,656 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,196
4,002
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
4 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
295
476
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
253
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,285
512,706
Population aged 65+
166,711
184,459
Population aged under 15
101,685
143,131
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
8.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
63.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.99
1.63
Population density (persons per km²)
1,855 /km²
117 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
627,946
846,837
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.9 /100k
33.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
302 /100k
433 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
1,269 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.02