NUTS-3 FRG02 · France
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire generates €29bn of GDP across 840.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (33.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable55 → 50 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
Resilience74
Talent & skills72
Air quality69
Demographic outlook68
Cost advantage57
Quality of life54
Freight intensity53
Growth momentum50
Industrial base49
Economic base44
Labour market42
Governance38
Digital readiness36
Connectivity32
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)
57.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.8
Livability53.7
Market access38
Economic scale89
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)
73.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability70
Diversification59
Demographic stability72
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 density58
Airport access0
Market access38
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.4 µg/m³
PM1012.5 µg/m³
NO211 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)
53.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy43.5
Jobs34.5
Education59.5
Health89
Safety33.3
Connectivity47
Environment69.3
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
49.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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. · 29.1%Diversified · HHI 2197
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 18.5%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.1%Public · health · education 25.8%
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)
€28,678M2024
2.5% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,756M2025
0.8% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
840,2962025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Unemployment rate
6.6%2025
4.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Employment
364,2002024
0.7% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€80,2512025
1.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Gross value added
€25,623M2024
2.1% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,623M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€720M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,752M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,317M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€1,761M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,315M
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
31,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
2024 · EU pctl 48
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)
€3,864M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€520M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,465M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,610M
2024 · EU pctl 91
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,756M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,251
2025 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,425M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
364,200
2024 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
40,200
2024 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
2024 · EU pctl 88
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)
395,200
2025 · EU pctl 91
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
52,234
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
6,906
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
5,311
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
2,672,577
2025 · EU pctl 75
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.
4,002
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,656 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
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).
476
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
253
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)
512,706
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged 65+
184,459
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
143,131
2025 · EU pctl 94
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
7,786
2024 · EU pctl 93
Deaths
7,448
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 47
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
846,837
2100 · EU pctl 92
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
433 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,269 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
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)
65 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 41
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
210 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.0%
2021 · EU pctl 60
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