NUTS-3 FRC12 · France
Nièvre
Export region data (CSV)Nièvre generates €5.9bn of GDP across 200.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (24.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
36.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.2
Livability47.1
Market access30
Economic scale37
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability91
Labour stability56
Diversification41
Demographic stability30
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)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density63
Airport access4
Market access30
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary63
Lifelong learning63
Knowledge workers63
Scientists & engineers23
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)
96
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.7 µg/m³
PM109.3 µg/m³
NO23.9 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)
47.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35.5
Jobs26
Education36
Health72.5
Safety24.3
Connectivity39.5
Environment96
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
30.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.8 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: Public · health · education · 32.1%Diversified · HHI 2305
Agriculture 6.1%Industry 12.3%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.1%Public · health · education 32.1%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,270M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€320M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — industry (B–E)
€647M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€554M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€262M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€867M
2024 · EU pctl 31
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,100
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 29
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,600
2024 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,851M
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,525M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€28,666M
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,098M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — information & communication (J)
€30M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,483M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,692M
2024 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,100
2024 · EU pctl 31
Self-employed persons
9,900
2024 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,800
2024 · EU pctl 21
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,495
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
1,486
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise deaths
1,086
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.3%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
752,412
2025 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,082
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
541
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
151
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
110,204
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
62,783
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
27,201
2025 · EU pctl 41
Median age of population
52.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
1,339
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
3,069
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
81.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
29 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
633 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
864 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
585 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,354 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
271 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 4
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 5
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 61
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