NUTS-3 FRJ11 · France
Aude
Aude generates €10bn of GDP across 381.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (80th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (13th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable41 → 32 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
Talent & skills67
Cost advantage62
Demographic outlook54
Resilience53
Growth momentum42
Quality of life41
Governance38
Connectivity30
Freight intensity30
Economic base22
Digital readiness21
Labour market15
Industrial base9
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)
45.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability40.7
Market access37
Economic scale61
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability39
Diversification21
Demographic stability64
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access10
Market access37
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
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary78
Lifelong learning68
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers42
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
40.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy30
Jobs13
Education76
Health80
Safety13.3
Connectivity32
Environment—
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
42.2
/ 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
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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 · 32.5%Diversified · HHI 2491
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 7.9%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.4%Public · health · education 32.5%
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)
€10,350M2024
2.4% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,247M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Population
381,3362025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Unemployment rate
8.9%2025
1.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Employment
137,4002024
1.0% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Productivity / employee
€76,7742025
1.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Gross value added
€9,226M2024
1.8% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,226M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€728M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€548M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€548M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,001M
2024 · EU pctl 62
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,300
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,300
2024 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€22,266M
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,184M
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€47,206M
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,902M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — information & communication (J)
€78M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,708M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,996M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,247M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,774
2025 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,388M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,400
2024 · EU pctl 58
Self-employed persons
23,200
2024 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,600
2024 · EU pctl 20
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
25.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
156,700
2025 · EU pctl 62
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,162
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
3,849
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
3,162
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.5%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,778,059
2025 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,270
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,697 kt
2025 · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
333
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
22 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
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)
216,837
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged 65+
108,827
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
55,672
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 83
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
2,794
2024 · EU pctl 68
Deaths
4,910
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.9%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
363,664
2100 · EU pctl 72
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
617 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
853 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,859 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · 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)
437 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
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 72
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
40.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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