NUTS-3 FRH02 · France
Finistère
Export region data (CSV)Finistère generates €32bn of GDP across 941.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (76th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (40.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.4
Livability54.9
Market access24
Economic scale90
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 stability95
Labour stability74
Diversification50
Demographic stability75
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access70
Market access24
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)
74.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary80
Lifelong learning78
Knowledge workers79
Scientists & engineers62
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO210.9 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)
54.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs40.5
Education69.5
Health76
Safety46.3
Connectivity42
Environment64.3
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
57.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.2 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.1%Diversified · HHI 2253
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 15.4%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.1%Public · health · education 26.7%
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).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,906M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,041M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,443M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,059M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — construction (F)
€1,873M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,829M
2024 · EU pctl 85
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,600
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 46
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,700
2024 · EU pctl 49
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€28,333M
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,146M
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€65,081M
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,198M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — information & communication (J)
€567M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,999M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,721M
2024 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Employment, total persons
391,100
2024 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
46,800
2024 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,500
2024 · EU pctl 84
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.7%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
60,042
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
7,427
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
5,996
2023 · EU pctl 91
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.9%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.9%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.6%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,470,728
2025 · EU pctl 93
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
630 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 68 · 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.
4,792
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
509
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
559,796
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
241,922
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged under 15
139,368
2025 · EU pctl 93
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Live births
7,119
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
11,103
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.1%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
548 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
849 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
224 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
345 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,129 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
125 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 37
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 40
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 88
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