NUTS-3 FRI15 · France
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques generates €27bn of GDP across 717.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/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 (24.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable64 → 59 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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 & skills74
Digital readiness73
Resilience71
Air quality69
Quality of life57
Economic base56
Demographic outlook56
Cost advantage52
Growth momentum45
Labour market42
Governance38
Connectivity28
Industrial base26
Freight intensity20
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)
55.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.6
Livability57
Market access33
Economic scale87
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability71
Diversification42
Demographic stability88
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access2
Market access33
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.4 µg/m³
PM1014.6 µg/m³
NO29.3 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
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52
Jobs30.5
Education72.5
Health88.5
Safety24.3
Connectivity61.5
Environment70
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
44.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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. · 31.8%Diversified · HHI 2301
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 14.2%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.8%Public · health · education 25.4%
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)
€26,646M2024
2.6% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€23,897M2025
0.8% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Population
717,4612025
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
11.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
309,2002024
0.8% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€87,8272025
1.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Gross value added
€23,797M2024
2.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,797M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€457M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,387M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,751M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€1,636M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,704M
2024 · EU pctl 85
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)
34,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
2024 · EU pctl 58
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)
€4,525M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — information & communication (J)
€545M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,567M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,046M
2024 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,897M
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,827
2025 · EU pctl 61
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,015M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
309,200
2024 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
48,900
2024 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,100
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
339,800
2025 · EU pctl 88
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
65,317
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
8,014
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
6,709
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 85
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)
7,226,999
2025 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,907
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,551 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
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).
405
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
427,004
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
187,015
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
103,442
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
5,360
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
7,558
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
696,301
2100 · EU pctl 88
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
354 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,406 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
354 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
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 48
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 28
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 45
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
84.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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