NUTS-3 FRF34 · France
Vosges
Vosges generates €11bn of GDP across 353.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (74.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller57 → 40 EU percentile since 1995 (-17 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
Air quality74
Cost advantage61
Industrial base58
Talent & skills54
Resilience54
Freight intensity52
Connectivity51
Quality of life45
Growth momentum40
Governance38
Economic base34
Digital readiness24
Labour market18
Demographic outlook15
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)
51
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.4
Livability44.6
Market access55
Economic scale64
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)
53.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability40
Diversification61
Demographic stability20
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)
50.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access14
Market access55
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary78
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers59
Scientists & engineers23
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)
73.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1012.5 µg/m³
NO24.9 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)
44.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy36.5
Jobs18
Education45.5
Health57
Safety26.7
Connectivity53.5
Environment74.7
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
40.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
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
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.9 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 · 28.4%Diversified · HHI 2185
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 21.7%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 15.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 28.4%
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)
€11,129M2024
2.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,868M2025
0.8% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Population
353,5062025
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
9.4% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
140,1002024
1.1% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Productivity / employee
€80,9622025
1.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Gross value added
€9,936M2024
2.1% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,936M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€245M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,153M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,904M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€731M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,528M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,600
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
2024 · EU pctl 40
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,068M
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,764M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,107M
2024 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,471M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — information & communication (J)
€72M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,457M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,822M
2024 · EU pctl 73
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,868M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,962
2025 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,494M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,100
2024 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
17,500
2024 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,600
2024 · EU pctl 61
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
149,700
2025 · EU pctl 60
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,716
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise births
2,848
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
2,192
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 73
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,044,963
2025 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,331 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,774
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
785
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
102
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,347
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged 65+
95,199
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged under 15
51,960
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.1%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
2,655
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
4,509
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.3%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
2024 · EU pctl 84
Population density (persons per km²)
60 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 22
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
283,985
2100 · EU pctl 62
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
946 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
331 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,105 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · 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)
419 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
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 24
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 8
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 71
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
58.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 75
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.9%
2021 · EU pctl 67
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