NUTS-3 FRJ14 · France
Lozère
Lozère generates €2.4bn of GDP across 76.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability 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 stable42 → 41 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
Talent & skills67
Cost advantage62
Demographic outlook61
Freight intensity60
Resilience49
Quality of life44
Growth momentum38
Governance38
Economic base32
Connectivity28
Digital readiness21
Labour market15
Industrial base12
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)
31.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability44.1
Market access33
Economic scale10
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)
48.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability86
Labour stability38
Diversification29
Demographic stability41
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)
27.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access10
Market access33
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)
44.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs13
Education76
Health80
Safety30.3
Connectivity30.5
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 36.3%Diversified · HHI 2399
Agriculture 5.6%Industry 9.6%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 14.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.3%Public · health · education 36.3%
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)
€2,374M2024
0.7% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,121M2025
0.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Population
76,4092025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Unemployment rate
8.7%2025
4.4% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
31,8002024
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Productivity / employee
€76,0722025
1.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Gross value added
€2,114M2024
0.0% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,114M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€202M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€153M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€169M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€301M
2024 · EU pctl 6
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)
28,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
2024 · EU pctl 39
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)
€439M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — information & communication (J)
€16M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€556M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€767M
2024 · EU pctl 20
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,121M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,072
2025 · EU pctl 36
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€548M
2025 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,800
2024 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
6,400
2024 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,300
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
8.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,100
2025 · EU pctl 6
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,871
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
604
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise deaths
525
2023 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
1,221,194
2025 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,526 kt
2025 · EU pctl 16
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
224
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
293
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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.
112
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)
44,346
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged 65+
21,553
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged under 15
10,510
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
501
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
952
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
15 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 2
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
73,119
2100 · EU pctl 11
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
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)
806 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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