NUTS-3 FRJ12 · France
Gard
Gard generates €24bn of GDP across 781.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.5%/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 stable48 → 39 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
Resilience61
Growth momentum55
Connectivity53
Quality of life45
Demographic outlook41
Air quality40
Governance38
Economic base33
Industrial base22
Digital readiness21
Freight intensity20
Labour market15
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)
56.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.4
Livability44.7
Market access41
Economic scale85
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)
60.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability39
Diversification24
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access55
Market access41
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1016 µg/m³
NO217.2 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)
44.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35.5
Jobs13
Education76
Health80
Safety25
Connectivity42.5
Environment40.7
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
55.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 33.1%Diversified · HHI 2442
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 13.7%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.1%Public · health · education 28.8%
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)
€23,940M2024
3.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€21,389M2025
0.8% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Population
781,4382025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Unemployment rate
8.9%2025
1.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Employment
280,8002024
1.0% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Productivity / employee
€86,8902025
1.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Gross value added
€21,367M2024
2.8% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,367M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€280M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,931M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,258M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — construction (F)
€1,303M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,613M
2024 · EU pctl 80
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)
28,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,100
2024 · EU pctl 40
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)
€3,988M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — information & communication (J)
€268M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,083M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,157M
2024 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,389M
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,890
2025 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,523M
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour market
Employment, total persons
280,800
2024 · EU pctl 84
Self-employed persons
46,100
2024 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,000
2024 · EU pctl 60
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)
331,700
2025 · EU pctl 88
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
64,800
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
8,563
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise deaths
7,220
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
6,008,123
2025 · EU pctl 90
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,286
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,677 kt
2025 · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
459,009
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged 65+
197,082
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
125,347
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Live births
6,546
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
8,108
2024 · EU pctl 91
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
135 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
731,197
2100 · EU pctl 90
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
57.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
499 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,585 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
72 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 61
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 77
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 55
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
49.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.5%
2021 · EU pctl 70
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