NUTS-3 FRD11 · France
Calvados
Calvados generates €26bn of GDP across 715.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (69th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (23.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable60 → 55 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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)
Energy cost88
Air quality68
Resilience66
Talent & skills62
Cost advantage58
Economic base53
Demographic outlook49
Quality of life45
Governance38
Growth momentum36
Connectivity33
Freight intensity32
Labour market31
Industrial base24
Digital readiness8
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)
53.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.4
Livability45.3
Market access47
Economic scale87
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 stability84
Labour stability72
Diversification32
Demographic stability74
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access2
Market access47
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary83
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers27
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1013.1 µg/m³
NO211.5 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)
45.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs29
Education50.5
Health69
Safety23.3
Connectivity29
Environment68.7
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
36.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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. · 30.4%Diversified · HHI 2370
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 13.5%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.4%Public · health · education 29.4%
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)
€25,977M2024
2.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€23,078M2025
0.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Population
715,4812025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
11.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
311,9002024
0.9% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€84,8822025
1.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Gross value added
€23,187M2024
2.4% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,187M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€334M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,121M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,584M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€1,486M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,373M
2024 · EU pctl 84
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,200
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,700
2024 · EU pctl 55
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,208M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,469M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€26,527M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,765M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€426M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,045M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,829M
2024 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,078M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,882
2025 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,785M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
311,900
2024 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
36,200
2024 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,000
2024 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
330,100
2025 · EU pctl 87
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,803
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise births
6,664
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise deaths
5,038
2023 · EU pctl 88
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 94
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
50.8%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.7%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,710,116
2025 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,071 kt
2025 · EU pctl 78
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,896
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
405
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
176
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
431,671
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
172,387
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
111,423
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.9%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
5,792
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
7,637
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
128 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
689,236
2100 · EU pctl 88
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
557 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
894 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
297 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,296 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
63 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · 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)
45 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 31
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 44
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 65
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
69.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 41
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