NUTS-3 FRD12 · France
Manche
Manche generates €17bn of GDP across 497.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (72.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (21th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable51 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 quality71
Talent & skills62
Resilience61
Cost advantage58
Industrial base56
Growth momentum46
Economic base46
Quality of life45
Governance38
Labour market31
Freight intensity30
Connectivity21
Demographic outlook16
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)
49.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability45.1
Market access28
Economic scale78
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability72
Diversification74
Demographic stability51
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)
20.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access0
Market access28
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)
71
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1013.2 µg/m³
NO29.5 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)
45.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44
Jobs29
Education50.5
Health69
Safety30
Connectivity21
Environment72.3
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
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2117
Agriculture 4%Industry 25.9%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 14.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.8%Public · health · education 25.3%
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)
€17,143M2024
1.0% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,230M2025
0.8% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Population
497,9282025
0.0% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
11.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
208,6002024
0.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Productivity / employee
€83,7552025
1.9% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Gross value added
€15,301M2024
0.5% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,301M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€615M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,963M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,841M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — construction (F)
€1,122M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,233M
2024 · EU pctl 67
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)
31,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 46
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,600
2024 · EU pctl 49
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)
€2,054M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — information & communication (J)
€158M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,490M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,878M
2024 · EU pctl 81
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,230M
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,755
2025 · EU pctl 49
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,818M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
208,600
2024 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
25,900
2024 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,900
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
218,600
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,386
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
3,254
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
2,627
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
3,213,459
2025 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,071 kt
2025 · EU pctl 64
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,061
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
213
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
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.
241
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
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)
285,826
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
136,561
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
75,541
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
3,948
2024 · EU pctl 78
Deaths
6,152
2024 · EU pctl 82
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
411,661
2100 · EU pctl 75
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
269 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
931 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
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)
67 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
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 32
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 29
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 76
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
122 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 17
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