NUTS-3 FRJ21 · France
Ariège
Export region data (CSV)Ariège generates €4.3bn of GDP across 156.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (23.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.8
Livability52.7
Market access41
Economic scale25
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)
59.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability68
Diversification24
Demographic stability65
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access28
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)
91.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary91
Lifelong learning84
Knowledge workers94
Scientists & engineers98
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)
52.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy34
Jobs34.5
Education91.5
Health91.5
Safety23.7
Connectivity41
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
39.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 · 33.5%Diversified · HHI 2446
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 14.9%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 14.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.2%Public · health · education 33.5%
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)
€3,826M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€570M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€419M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€242M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€552M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,600
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,500
2024 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,134M
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,274M
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€63,709M
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€831M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — information & communication (J)
€23M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,118M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,280M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
58,300
2024 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
10,500
2024 · EU pctl 36
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,500
2024 · EU pctl 16
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,089
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,548
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
1,440
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
47.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
18.2%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
33.7%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.4%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,154,304
2025 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
348
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
222
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
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)
89,857
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
44,680
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
22,049
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.7%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,024
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
1,978
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.3%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
569 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
780 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
366 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,260 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,278 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
103 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
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