Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,723M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,526M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
GVA — construction (F)
€352M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€954M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,847M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,209M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,647M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€653M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,141M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
172,500
Self-employed persons
30,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
69.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
56
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.
75
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
274,835
Population aged 65+
93,580
Population aged under 15
62,000
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
63.6 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M