NUTS-3 FRE23 · France
Somme
Somme generates €19bn of GDP across 562.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (69th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (20.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable54 → 49 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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
Demographic outlook79
Air quality67
Cost advantage63
Freight intensity62
Resilience59
Connectivity55
Talent & skills50
Growth momentum48
Economic base45
Quality of life43
Industrial base43
Governance38
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)
61.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.4
Livability43.4
Market access73
Economic scale80
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)
58.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability56
Diversification58
Demographic stability31
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)
54.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
Airport access44
Market access73
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1011.6 µg/m³
NO29.6 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)
43.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41
Jobs20.5
Education48
Health54
Safety38
Connectivity33.5
Environment69
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
48.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2207
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 17.8%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.1%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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€19,487M2024
3.6% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€17,326M2025
0.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Population
562,1792025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Unemployment rate
7.4%2025
2.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Employment
228,3002024
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Productivity / employee
€86,9932025
1.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€17,389M2024
3.0% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,389M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€796M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,097M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,709M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€877M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,986M
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
31,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 45
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,600
2024 · EU pctl 49
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)
€2,329M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,359M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,275M
2024 · EU pctl 88
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,326M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,993
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,344M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour market
Employment, total persons
228,300
2024 · EU pctl 77
Self-employed persons
21,900
2024 · EU pctl 60
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,200
2024 · EU pctl 69
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)
253,700
2025 · EU pctl 79
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,563
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
4,035
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
3,085
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
2023 · EU pctl 94
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)
3,241,232
2025 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,143
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,962 kt
2025 · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
381
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
29 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
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)
345,737
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
125,758
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
90,684
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
5,026
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
5,979
2024 · EU pctl 81
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 37
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
574,428
2100 · EU pctl 84
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
328 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,688 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
111 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 16
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 30
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 32
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
117 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.7%
2021 · EU pctl 57
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