NUTS-3 FRH02 · France
Finistère
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable61 → 51 EU percentile since 1995 (-10 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
Talent & skills75
Resilience74
Air quality63
Growth momentum57
Cost advantage55
Quality of life55
Connectivity52
Labour market47
Freight intensity47
Economic base46
Governance38
Industrial base36
Demographic outlook34
Digital readiness24
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)
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)
51.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
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
Connectivity42.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€32,378M2024
3.7% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€28,948M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
941,0862025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
5.6%2025
1.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Employment
391,1002024
0.9% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Productivity / employee
€84,3732025
1.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Gross value added
€28,906M2024
3.1% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,948M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,373
2025 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,367M
2025 · EU pctl 90
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.6%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
424,300
2025 · EU pctl 92
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 61 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,803 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,781
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
2 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
508
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
873,268
2100 · EU pctl 93
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
541 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
588 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 100
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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