NUTS-3 FR103 · France
Yvelines
Yvelines generates €69bn of GDP across 1.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 73.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.2%/yr over five years and cooling, 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 leader82 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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)
Talent & skills95
Energy cost88
Economic base80
Connectivity75
Air quality75
Quality of life69
Demographic outlook66
Resilience66
Digital readiness63
Governance38
Labour market32
Growth momentum32
Industrial base31
Cost advantage14
Freight intensity7
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)
73.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31.6
Livability69.2
Market access96
Economic scale96
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)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability88
Diversification17
Demographic stability85
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 density58
Airport access71
Market access96
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)
75
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.4 µg/m³
PM1010.9 µg/m³
NO210.1 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)
69.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy83
Jobs22
Education90.5
Health98
Safety54.7
Connectivity60.5
Environment76
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
31.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 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. · 38.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2558
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 14.7%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 20.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 38.6%Public · health · education 20.2%
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)
€69,260M2024
2.3% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€63,809M2025
0.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
1,504,5652025
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Unemployment rate
8.8%2025
10.0% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
596,2002024
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Productivity / employee
€118,3952025
1.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Gross value added
€61,960M2024
2.0% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€61,960M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€52M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,087M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,889M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — construction (F)
€3,917M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€12,454M
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
43,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,900
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
€12,263M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,991M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€23,917M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€12,534M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€63,809M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€118,395
2025 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€15,637M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
596,200
2024 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
55,000
2024 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
64,200
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
729,700
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
107,863
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
16,577
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
13,406
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
2023 · EU pctl 98
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)
3,244,255
2025 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
433 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,895 kt
2025 · EU pctl 75
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,124
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
474
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
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.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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)
954,362
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
264,743
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
285,460
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
40.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
17,002
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
10,058
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.7%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.81
2024 · EU pctl 98
Population density (persons per km²)
660 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,449,606
2100 · EU pctl 97
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
55.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
353 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,563 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
106 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 11
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 39
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
66.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.8%
2021 · EU pctl 77
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