NUTS-3 FRE11 · France
Nord
Export region data (CSV)Nord generates €94bn of GDP across 2.6m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (48.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (13th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.6
Livability39.2
Market access80
Economic scale98
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)
53.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability37
Diversification36
Demographic stability48
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density53
Airport access99
Market access80
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary89
Lifelong learning74
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers50
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.7 µg/m³
PM1015 µg/m³
NO211.9 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)
39.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42
Jobs13
Education47.5
Health48.5
Safety42.7
Connectivity36.5
Environment44
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
41.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.1 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2335
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 15.6%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.9%Public · health · education 29.9%
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)
€83,691M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€755M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€13,052M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,798M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€4,767M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€17,635M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,200
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,800
2024 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€28,402M
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,256M
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€76,179M
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,670M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,610M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€22,474M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€25,009M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,132,000
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
95,800
2024 · EU pctl 96
Employment in manufacturing (C)
107,000
2024 · EU pctl 98
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.4%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
150,692
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
22,431
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
17,038
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
2023 · EU pctl 98
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
53.6%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,158,184
2025 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11,395
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
436
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,654,671
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
499,153
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
459,957
2025 · EU pctl 100
Median age of population
39.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
26,558
2024 · EU pctl 100
Deaths
23,129
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
456 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
26.9%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
559 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,007 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
260 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
90.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
462 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,083 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
47 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 53
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 46
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 43
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