NUTS-3 FRG05 · France
Vendée
Vendée generates €26bn of GDP across 724.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.6%/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 (31.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable52 → 54 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)
Energy cost88
Air quality85
Resilience82
Talent & skills72
Freight intensity63
Industrial base63
Growth momentum60
Cost advantage57
Quality of life55
Economic base49
Labour market42
Governance38
Digital readiness36
Demographic outlook31
Connectivity23
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)
58.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.2
Livability54.6
Market access33
Economic scale86
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)
81.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability71
Diversification76
Demographic stability90
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access1
Market access33
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)
85.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1011.3 µg/m³
NO24.3 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)
54.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46
Jobs34.5
Education59.5
Health89
Safety31.7
Connectivity35.5
Environment86.3
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
60.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 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. · 27.9%Diversified · HHI 2101
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 21.7%Construction 8.5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.9%Public · health · education 21.3%
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)
€25,637M2024
2.1% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€23,025M2025
0.8% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Population
724,8802025
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
6.6%2025
4.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Employment
303,2002024
0.7% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Productivity / employee
€86,1752025
1.9% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Gross value added
€22,925M2024
1.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,925M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€632M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,976M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,617M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — construction (F)
€1,942M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,095M
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)
32,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,600
2024 · EU pctl 52
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)
€3,706M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — information & communication (J)
€240M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,389M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,891M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,025M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,175
2025 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,744M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
303,200
2024 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
37,300
2024 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,600
2024 · EU pctl 89
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)
320,400
2025 · EU pctl 86
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
48,243
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise births
5,888
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
4,493
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 85
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)
12,795,213
2025 · EU pctl 96
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,962 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,714
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
237
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
23 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
210
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
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)
415,672
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
197,628
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
111,580
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 67
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
5,143
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
8,126
2024 · EU pctl 91
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.4%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
107 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
657,491
2100 · EU pctl 87
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
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
404 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,094 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
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)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 13
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 6
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 48
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
409 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 31
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