NUTS-3 FRI12 · France
Gironde
Gironde generates €73bn of GDP across 1.7m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (26.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader72 → 71 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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)
Demographic outlook97
Energy cost88
Talent & skills74
Digital readiness73
Economic base71
Resilience70
Connectivity66
Quality of life57
Growth momentum57
Cost advantage52
Air quality52
Labour market42
Governance38
Freight intensity29
Industrial base16
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)
62.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.8
Livability57.1
Market access39
Economic scale97
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)
69.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability87
Labour stability72
Diversification27
Demographic stability93
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density65
Airport access95
Market access39
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)
52
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1014.9 µg/m³
NO212.2 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)
57.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs30.5
Education72.5
Health88.5
Safety26.7
Connectivity69
Environment53.3
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
56.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2405
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 11.9%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.3%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)
€73,052M2024
3.5% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€65,515M2025
0.8% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
1,720,5622025
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
11.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
819,9002024
0.9% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Productivity / employee
€90,8052025
1.9% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Gross value added
€65,236M2024
3.1% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€65,236M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€862M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,751M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,664M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — construction (F)
€3,990M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€14,197M
2024 · EU pctl 97
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)
39,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,700
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
€9,368M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,728M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€21,049M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€17,388M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€65,515M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,805
2025 · EU pctl 67
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,491M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
819,900
2024 · EU pctl 97
Self-employed persons
104,000
2024 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,600
2024 · EU pctl 89
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)
869,200
2025 · EU pctl 98
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
159,095
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
22,987
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
18,591
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
2023 · EU pctl 97
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)
13,070,458
2025 · EU pctl 96
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
34,047 kt
2025 · EU pctl 96
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9,445
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
21 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
1,092,091
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
359,182
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
269,289
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 12
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Live births
15,392
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
14,868
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
173 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,185,090
2100 · EU pctl 99
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
573 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,502 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
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)
6 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 52
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 36
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
87.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.9%
2021 · EU pctl 78
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