NUTS-3 FR101 · France
Paris
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader100 → 99 EU percentile since 1995 (0 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Economic base100
Demographic outlook98
Talent & skills95
Energy cost88
Connectivity75
Digital readiness63
Quality of life59
Resilience41
Governance38
Labour market32
Air quality24
Growth momentum23
Cost advantage14
Industrial base1
Freight intensity0
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth23.4
Livability59.4
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
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)
59.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93
Jobs22
Education90.5
Health98
Safety39.7
Connectivity48
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
23.4
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€279,938M2024
5.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€257,907M2025
0.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Population
2,065,5602025
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Unemployment rate
8.8%2025
10.0% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
2,250,5002024
0.6% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Productivity / employee
€126,7712025
1.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Gross value added
€250,270M2024
5.4% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€257,907M
2025 · EU pctl 100
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€126,771
2025 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€63,202M
2025 · 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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,097,400
2025 · EU pctl 99
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 93 · 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.
4,154
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,788 kt
2025 · EU pctl 18
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
201
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
52 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,135,136
2100 · EU pctl 99
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
473 /100k
2024 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.3%
2021 · EU pctl 52
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