NUTS-3 FRI12 · France
Gironde
Export region data (CSV)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 economic growth. 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57
Livability56.9
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
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)
56.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59.5
Jobs30.5
Education72.5
Health88.5
Safety26.7
Connectivity67.5
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
57
/ 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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9,065
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
527
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
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 89
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · 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
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
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