Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€160,522M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,917M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€13,898M
GVA — construction (F)
€7,895M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€46,806M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€39,988M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,118M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€78,030M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€16,672M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€20,522M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€56,546M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€32,110M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,404,710
Self-employed persons
70,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
76,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
60.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
65.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
41.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
40.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
398 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,628,867
Population aged 65+
418,087
Population aged under 15
426,353
Median age of population
39.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.7%
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
378 /km²