NUTS-3 FRI31 · France
Charente
Export region data (CSV)Charente generates €13bn of GDP across 352.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (77th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (20.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.8
Livability48.7
Market access30
Economic scale69
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 stability89
Labour stability60
Diversification82
Demographic stability48
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)
34.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access10
Market access30
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)
67.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary73
Lifelong learning70
Knowledge workers78
Scientists & engineers50
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1013.7 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
48.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy48
Jobs35
Education45.5
Health77
Safety20.3
Connectivity55.5
Environment59.3
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
42.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.2 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 · 24%Diversified · HHI 2054
Agriculture 5.6%Industry 23.9%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 18.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 24%
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)
€11,551M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€651M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,766M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,571M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€647M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,121M
2024 · EU pctl 65
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,200
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,900
2024 · EU pctl 55
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,628M
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,666M
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,119M
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,716M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — information & communication (J)
€188M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,592M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,774M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,700
2024 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
19,200
2024 · EU pctl 56
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,400
2024 · EU pctl 58
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,957
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise births
2,979
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise deaths
2,390
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 87
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.2%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.7%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.8%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.3%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
689,529
2025 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,936
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
114
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)
204,245
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
97,811
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
50,621
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.9%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
2,662
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
4,324
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.7%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
59 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 22
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.6%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
505 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
848 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
226 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,422 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
69 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 38
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 62
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
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