NUTS-3 FRG01 · France
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique generates €64bn 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 livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (29.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable70 → 72 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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)
Demographic outlook94
Energy cost88
Air quality76
Talent & skills72
Economic base71
Resilience70
Cost advantage57
Quality of life56
Growth momentum52
Labour market42
Freight intensity40
Governance38
Digital readiness36
Connectivity32
Industrial base20
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)
61.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability55.8
Market access44
Economic scale96
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability71
Diversification29
Demographic stability89
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access0
Market access44
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary90
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers49
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)
75.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1012.5 µg/m³
NO27.6 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)
55.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs34.5
Education59.5
Health89
Safety29.7
Connectivity44
Environment76.7
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
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 33.2%Diversified · HHI 2396
Agriculture 1%Industry 12.7%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 23.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.2%Public · health · education 23.6%
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)
€64,044M2024
3.6% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€57,518M2025
0.8% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Population
1,510,5992025
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Unemployment rate
6.6%2025
4.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Employment
733,0002024
0.6% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Productivity / employee
€89,0452025
1.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€57,247M2024
3.2% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€57,247M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€568M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,262M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,651M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — construction (F)
€3,672M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€13,266M
2024 · EU pctl 96
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,300
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,500
2024 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€32,580M
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,197M
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€79,082M
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,791M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,589M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€18,985M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€13,495M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€57,518M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,045
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€14,348M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour market
Employment, total persons
733,000
2024 · EU pctl 97
Self-employed persons
75,600
2024 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,700
2024 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
732,200
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
109,013
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
15,002
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
11,547
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
2023 · EU pctl 98
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
54.9%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,335,347
2025 · EU pctl 93
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,383
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
37,222 kt
2025 · EU pctl 97
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
23 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
423
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
226
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
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)
949,836
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
301,089
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
259,674
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Live births
14,582
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
12,467
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
220 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,828,155
2100 · EU pctl 98
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
450 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
799 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
78.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
609 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,104 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · 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)
86 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
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.
8
2024 · EU pctl 18
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
212 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.4%
2021 · EU pctl 64
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