NUTS-3 FRE21 · France
Aisne
Aisne generates €15bn of GDP across 518.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (65.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (20.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller50 → 34 EU percentile since 1995 (-15 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
Freight intensity69
Air quality64
Cost advantage63
Resilience58
Connectivity52
Talent & skills50
Growth momentum48
Industrial base44
Quality of life40
Governance38
Economic base27
Demographic outlook23
Labour market21
Digital readiness20
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)
59.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability40.4
Market access74
Economic scale74
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability56
Diversification66
Demographic stability24
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)
51.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access19
Market access74
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary43
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers56
Scientists & engineers45
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)
63.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.1 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO27.3 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)
40.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs20.5
Education48
Health54
Safety22.3
Connectivity41
Environment65.3
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
47.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.1 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 · 30.5%Diversified · HHI 2154
Agriculture 6.5%Industry 17.2%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 15.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%Public · health · education 30.5%
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)
€15,037M2024
3.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,369M2025
0.8% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Population
518,5832025
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Unemployment rate
7.4%2025
2.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Employment
175,4002024
0.9% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€87,3722025
1.9% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€13,410M2024
2.6% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,410M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€871M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,307M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,116M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€757M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,045M
2024 · EU pctl 63
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,900
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
2024 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,339M
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,885M
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€30,350M
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,068M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — information & communication (J)
€65M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,335M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,095M
2024 · EU pctl 82
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,369M
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,372
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,352M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,400
2024 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
18,300
2024 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,500
2024 · EU pctl 56
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
28.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
227,300
2025 · EU pctl 75
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,696
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise births
3,241
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
2,541
2023 · EU pctl 74
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 84
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,883,573
2025 · EU pctl 68
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,703
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,459 kt
2025 · EU pctl 87
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
29 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
521
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
91
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
309,732
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
117,697
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged under 15
91,154
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Live births
4,696
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
5,674
2024 · EU pctl 79
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
440,527
2100 · EU pctl 78
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
545 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
977 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
447 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,494 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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)
70 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 15
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 24
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
103 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.7%
2021 · EU pctl 56
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