NUTS-3 FRI31 · France
Charente
Charente generates €13bn of GDP across 352.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.8/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable66 → 58 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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
Freight intensity81
Industrial base70
Resilience70
Talent & skills68
Cost advantage58
Air quality58
Economic base54
Quality of life49
Digital readiness47
Growth momentum43
Labour market40
Governance38
Connectivity38
Demographic outlook23
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)
47.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.8
Livability49.3
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)
37.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density73
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)
49.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy48
Jobs35
Education45.5
Health77
Safety20.3
Connectivity60
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€12,930M2024
0.3% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,508M2025
0.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Population
352,6772025
0.0% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
20.8% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
148,7002024
0.8% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Productivity / employee
€88,6182025
1.9% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Gross value added
€11,551M2024
0.1% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,508M
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,618
2025 · EU pctl 62
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,983M
2025 · EU pctl 70
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
150,600
2025 · EU pctl 60
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 20 · 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.
2,242
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,919 kt
2025 · EU pctl 80
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
12 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
636
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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 44
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
296,847
2100 · EU pctl 64
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
493 /100k
2024 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
63.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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