Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,647M
€8,764M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€312M
€709M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,531M
€2,863M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,214M
€2,148M
GVA — construction (F)
€553M
€719M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,345M
€1,812M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,500
€11,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,300 PPS
22,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,100
€15,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,841M
€12,125M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€446M
€2,853M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,485M
€27,656M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,121M
€1,207M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,784M
€1,454M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,312M
€8,371M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,068
€48,445
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,257M
€1,868M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
238,200
246,900
Self-employed persons
55,900
65,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,000
55,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.0%
76.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
231,100
304,600
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.4%
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.4%
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
25.4%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.2%
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
581 /1k
667 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,441 kt
20,414 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,122
43
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
230
7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
135
97
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
311,543
398,857
Population aged 65+
100,793
125,683
Population aged under 15
74,878
92,936
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
31.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
-5.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
-0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
11.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
453,322
428,810
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.9 /100k
7.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
86.1 /100k
267 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
159 /100k
116 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /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