NUTS-3 FR101 · France
Paris
Export region data (CSV)Paris generates €280bn of GDP across 2.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (98th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.6
Livability59.3
Market access100
Economic scale100
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)
40.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability60
Labour stability88
Diversification2
Demographic stability13
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)
75
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density32
Airport access93
Market access100
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)
94.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary99
Lifelong learning83
Knowledge workers99
Scientists & engineers97
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
24
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM1018.2 µg/m³
NO225.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93
Jobs22
Education90.5
Health98
Safety39.7
Connectivity47.5
Environment24.7
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
23.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.6 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 43.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3289
Industry 3.2%Construction 1.6%Trade · transport · ICT 29.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 43.9%Public · health · education 21.8%
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 · 72 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€250,270M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€0M
2024 · EU pctl 0
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,888M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,248M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€3,914M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€74,177M
2024 · EU pctl 100
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,600
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
123,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 100
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€133,700
2024 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€192,308M
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€9,999M
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€456,581M
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€25,119M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — information & communication (J)
€35,404M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€109,776M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€54,514M
2024 · EU pctl 100
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,250,500
2024 · EU pctl 100
Self-employed persons
190,700
2024 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,800
2024 · EU pctl 86
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
439,969
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise births
63,928
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise deaths
48,417
2023 · EU pctl 100
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.2%
2023 · EU pctl 99
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
509
2012 · EU pctl 99
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
227 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 78
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
58.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
72.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.1%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.2%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
47,271,179
2025 · EU pctl 100
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
433 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8 · 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.
4,147
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
201
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,435,254
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
388,063
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
242,243
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of total population change
-9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
21,484
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
14,079
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.9%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
20,148 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 100
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
483 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
761 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
192 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
374 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
607 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,316 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
39 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 74
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 96
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 19
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