NUTS-3 FRI32 · France
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime generates €22bn of GDP across 681.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (77th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (32.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable46 → 45 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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
Air quality70
Resilience69
Talent & skills68
Cost advantage58
Freight intensity58
Growth momentum56
Quality of life50
Digital readiness47
Labour market40
Economic base38
Governance38
Connectivity32
Demographic outlook28
Industrial base13
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)
54.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.4
Livability50
Market access30
Economic scale83
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability60
Diversification35
Demographic stability86
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density51
Airport access15
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.6 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
50
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40
Jobs35
Education45.5
Health77
Safety32.3
Connectivity49
Environment71.3
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
56.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 32.4%Diversified · HHI 2351
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 10%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.4%Public · health · education 28%
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)
€22,000M2024
1.9% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,581M2025
0.8% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Population
681,6472025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
20.8% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
270,2002024
1.0% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Productivity / employee
€82,9802025
1.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€19,621M2024
1.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,621M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€765M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,967M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,550M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — construction (F)
€1,345M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,690M
2024 · EU pctl 80
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)
30,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 38
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,500
2024 · EU pctl 44
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)
€4,261M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — information & communication (J)
€224M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,356M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,498M
2024 · EU pctl 88
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,581M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,980
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,075M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
270,200
2024 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
43,400
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
281,200
2025 · EU pctl 82
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,570
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise births
6,921
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
5,738
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
12,561,780
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.
2,817
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
21,684 kt
2025 · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
413
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
12 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
100
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
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)
381,275
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
207,664
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
92,708
2025 · EU pctl 85
Median age of population
50.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of total population change
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
4,619
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
8,679
2024 · EU pctl 92
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
620,027
2100 · EU pctl 86
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,536 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
39 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
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 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 54
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
42.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 27
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