NUTS-3 FRI11 · France
Dordogne
Dordogne generates €12bn of GDP across 420k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (28.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable41 → 35 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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 quality75
Talent & skills74
Digital readiness73
Resilience71
Quality of life56
Cost advantage52
Labour market42
Growth momentum38
Governance38
Freight intensity37
Connectivity27
Economic base26
Industrial base21
Demographic outlook9
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)
47
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability55.8
Market access27
Economic scale67
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)
71.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability97
Labour stability71
Diversification52
Demographic stability65
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)
26.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access10
Market access27
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)
74.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary88
Lifelong learning83
Knowledge workers77
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1012.3 µg/m³
NO27.4 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
Economy37
Jobs30.5
Education72.5
Health88.5
Safety28.3
Connectivity58
Environment75.7
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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: Public · health · education · 30.2%Diversified · HHI 2239
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 12.2%Construction 7.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 28%Public · health · education 30.2%
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)
€11,831M2024
1.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,610M2025
0.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Population
420,0082025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
11.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
158,4002024
0.8% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Productivity / employee
€76,1232025
1.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Gross value added
€10,549M2024
0.7% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,549M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€416M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,290M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,091M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€828M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,877M
2024 · EU pctl 60
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,000
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 26
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,600
2024 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€30,151M
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,628M
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€68,404M
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,102M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — information & communication (J)
€76M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,951M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,187M
2024 · EU pctl 76
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,610M
2025 · EU pctl 67
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,123
2025 · EU pctl 36
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,671M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
158,400
2024 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
28,300
2024 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,300
2024 · EU pctl 45
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.1%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
185,100
2025 · EU pctl 69
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
34,933
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise births
4,034
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
3,524
2023 · EU pctl 80
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
53.3%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,181,125
2025 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,391
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,925 kt
2025 · EU pctl 63
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
21 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
331
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
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)
232,578
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
131,675
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged under 15
55,755
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
52.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 96
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
56.6%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
2,669
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
5,898
2024 · EU pctl 81
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
80.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
329,572
2100 · EU pctl 68
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
545 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
807 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
222 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
358 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
922 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
57 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · 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)
112 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 22
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 20
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
58.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 75
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.1%
2021 · EU pctl 84
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