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Jura

Export region data (CSV)

Jura generates €6.0bn of GDP across 74.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +6.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (66.3th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability78.7
Market access76
Economic scale38
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability99
Diversification97
Demographic stability65
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access70
Market access76
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
77.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning94
Knowledge workers62
Scientists & engineers87
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
78.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy
Jobs68.5
Education75
Health89.5
Safety66.3
Connectivity94
Environment
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 41%Diversified · HHI 1737
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 41%Public · health · education 7.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 50 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,631M
2022 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€82M
2021 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,306M
2021 · EU pctl 63
GVA — information & communication (J)
€677M
2021 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€429M
2021 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
23
2012 · EU pctl 59
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
326 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 89
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.2%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.8%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
281,045
2024 · EU pctl 17
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
556 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
902
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,205
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
46,719
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
17,085
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
11,036
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
579
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
723
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.1%
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
403 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
825 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
193 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,516 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
584 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
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