NUTS-3 FR108 · France
Val-d’Oise
Val-d’Oise generates €48bn of GDP across 1.3m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 73.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, 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
Mid-field stable66 → 59 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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
Demographic outlook88
Energy cost88
Connectivity76
Resilience64
Air quality64
Quality of life63
Digital readiness63
Economic base56
Growth momentum39
Governance38
Labour market32
Cost advantage14
Freight intensity14
Industrial base13
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)
73.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.8
Livability63.3
Market access97
Economic scale95
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability89
Diversification21
Demographic stability84
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)
76
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density45
Airport access86
Market access97
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)
63.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1010.7 µg/m³
NO216.8 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)
63.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs22
Education90.5
Health98
Safety43.3
Connectivity54
Environment64.3
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
38.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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. · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2479
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 9.1%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 27.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.7%Public · health · education 25.6%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€48,228M2024
6.2% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€44,433M2025
0.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Population
1,297,2102025
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Unemployment rate
8.8%2025
10.0% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
460,1002024
0.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€106,8292025
1.9% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Gross value added
€43,082M2024
5.8% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€43,082M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€39M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,929M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,302M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€3,089M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,749M
2024 · EU pctl 95
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)
34,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,700
2024 · EU pctl 58
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)
€7,939M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,113M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,237M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,039M
2024 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€44,433M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€106,829
2025 · EU pctl 87
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,889M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
460,100
2024 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
40,000
2024 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,900
2024 · EU pctl 69
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)
638,900
2025 · EU pctl 96
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
84,666
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise births
14,503
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
10,929
2023 · EU pctl 96
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.3%
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)
4,468,470
2025 · EU pctl 85
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.
4,588
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,689 kt
2025 · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
354
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
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.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
835,600
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
199,427
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
262,183
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
37.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.9%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude birth rate
13.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude death rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
17,446
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
7,881
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.99
2024 · EU pctl 99
Population density (persons per km²)
1,041 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,386,666
2100 · EU pctl 96
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
113 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
325 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,362 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
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)
54 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
32 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 10
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 75
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
5.4%
2021 · EU pctl 69
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