NUTS-3 FRE21 · France
Aisne
Export region data (CSV)Aisne generates €15bn of GDP across 518.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.4/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability41.7
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)
57.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
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)
41.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs20.5
Education48
Health54
Safety22.3
Connectivity50
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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
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.
3,851
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
743
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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 37
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.1%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
555 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64 · 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
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
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