NUTS-3 FRJ11 · France
Aude
Export region data (CSV)Aude generates €10bn of GDP across 381.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.3/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability41.1
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
Airport access9
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)
41.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy30
Jobs13
Education76
Health80
Safety13.3
Connectivity34
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).
All indicators · 66 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
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
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
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.
1,461
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
383
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
114
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
622 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · 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
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
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