NUTS-3 FRJ12 · France
Gard
Export region data (CSV)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).
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)
60.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability38
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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
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.
4,291
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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 81
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
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
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
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
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
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