NUTS-3 FRJ15 · France
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales generates €15bn of GDP across 505.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.8%/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 stable43 → 39 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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
Resilience59
Demographic outlook54
Growth momentum52
Quality of life41
Governance38
Connectivity36
Air quality32
Economic base31
Freight intensity27
Digital readiness21
Labour market15
Industrial base6
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)
52.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability40.6
Market access42
Economic scale75
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability97
Labour stability39
Diversification10
Demographic stability90
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)
35.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access23
Market access42
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1018.6 µg/m³
NO224.5 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)
40.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy34.5
Jobs13
Education76
Health80
Safety16
Connectivity31.5
Environment33
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
52
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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. · 35.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2700
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 6.7%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 35.6%Public · health · education 30.7%
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)
€15,211M2024
2.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,590M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
505,2992025
0.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Unemployment rate
8.9%2025
1.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Employment
183,1002024
0.9% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Productivity / employee
€84,6652025
1.9% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Gross value added
€13,562M2024
1.8% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,562M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€123M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€911M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€696M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€790M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,746M
2024 · EU pctl 73
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)
28,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 31
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,500
2024 · EU pctl 38
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)
€3,456M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — information & communication (J)
€118M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,825M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,167M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,590M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,665
2025 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,509M
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,100
2024 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
29,400
2024 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,100
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
207,400
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,851
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise births
5,704
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
4,756
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
11,415,243
2025 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,656
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,594 kt
2025 · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
328
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
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.
83
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
286,948
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
142,247
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
76,104
2025 · EU pctl 79
Median age of population
48.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.6%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
4,045
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
6,130
2024 · EU pctl 82
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.1%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
123 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
502,333
2100 · EU pctl 81
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
82.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
500 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,079 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
289 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 75
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 96
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 88
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
16.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.4%
2021 · EU pctl 90
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