NUTS-3 FRI15 · France
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Export region data (CSV)Pyrénées-Atlantiques generates €27bn of GDP across 717.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.6/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability57.5
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density56
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)
57.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52
Jobs30.5
Education72.5
Health88.5
Safety24.3
Connectivity64.5
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
44.8
/ 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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
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.
3,323
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
463
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
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 88
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
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
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
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
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
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