Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,751M
€12,555M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€416M
€266M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,563M
€5,992M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,308M
€5,754M
GVA — construction (F)
€869M
€705M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,280M
€2,765M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€11,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,500 PPS
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,200
€21,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,304M
€10,003M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,739M
€2,337M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,507M
€25,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,994M
€1,524M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,629M
€1,304M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,015M
€11,951M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€67,637
€60,435
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,326M
€2,618M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,500
282,700
Self-employed persons
40,200
54,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,600
91,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.4%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.1%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
386,500
323,800
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
65.3%
44.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
69.6%
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
45.5%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
11.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
685 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,782 kt
35,380 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,033
102
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
149
16
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
12 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
453,885
413,955
Population aged 65+
118,448
114,803
Population aged under 15
123,308
106,984
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.1%
27.7%
Crude rate of total population change
5.6 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
9.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.3%
53.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
225 /km²
100 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
656,288
575,891
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.8 /100k
4.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
123 /100k
146 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
252 /100k
262 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
52 /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