Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,985M
€19,560M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
€15M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,102M
€3,155M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,159M
€2,211M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,411M
€1,053M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,059M
€7,387M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€11,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,500 PPS
57,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,100
€38,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€12,125M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
€2,853M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
€27,656M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,263M
€4,760M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,135M
€3,190M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,955M
€18,682M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€58,994
€70,123
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,980M
€4,168M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
485,100
380,700
Self-employed persons
88,900
65,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,300
46,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
76.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
8.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
365,700
265,500
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
42.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
667 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
42,496 kt
6,800 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
1,515
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
4 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
295
284
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,285
347,665
Population aged 65+
166,711
115,280
Population aged under 15
101,685
69,942
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
42.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
33.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-3.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
-0.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
10.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
53.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.99
0.93
Population density (persons per km²)
1,855 /km²
2,077 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
627,946
327,740
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.9 /100k
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
302 /100k
157 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
523 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
62 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.54