NUTS-3 FRE12 · France
Pas-de-Calais
Export region data (CSV)Pas-de-Calais generates €43bn of GDP across 1.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (60th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (13th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.8
Livability43.9
Market access68
Economic scale94
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)
56
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability37
Diversification55
Demographic stability36
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access41
Market access68
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.4 µg/m³
PM1014.4 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
43.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy31.5
Jobs13
Education47.5
Health48.5
Safety57.3
Connectivity49.5
Environment60
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
41.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2218
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 17.4%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 30.3%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€38,131M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€887M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,650M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,240M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€2,738M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,813M
2024 · EU pctl 91
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)
27,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,300
2024 · EU pctl 36
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)
€5,558M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — information & communication (J)
€406M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,479M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,565M
2024 · EU pctl 96
Labour market
Employment, total persons
527,400
2024 · EU pctl 94
Self-employed persons
50,100
2024 · EU pctl 87
Employment in manufacturing (C)
57,200
2024 · EU pctl 90
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)
70,001
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise births
9,305
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
7,413
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
4,185,081
2025 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,585
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
729
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
886,378
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
309,532
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
256,066
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Live births
13,903
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
15,055
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.8%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
218 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
342 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,292 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
29 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
142 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 47
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 56
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