NUTS-3 FRJ23 · France
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne generates €73bn of GDP across 1.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (20th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader78 → 82 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)
Demographic outlook97
Talent & skills92
Energy cost88
Economic base84
Resilience63
Quality of life56
Cost advantage55
Connectivity49
Digital readiness48
Growth momentum47
Air quality42
Labour market41
Industrial base39
Governance38
Freight intensity31
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)
61.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.2
Livability56
Market access45
Economic scale97
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability68
Diversification31
Demographic stability95
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)
49.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access57
Market access45
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1013.9 µg/m³
NO218.9 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)
56
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs34.5
Education91.5
Health91.5
Safety20
Connectivity47
Environment43.3
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
47.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2375
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 17.2%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 20.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.7%Public · health · education 24.8%
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)
€73,333M2024
4.2% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€66,171M2025
0.8% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
1,503,2402025
1.1% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
4.8% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
756,7002024
0.7% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Productivity / employee
€98,7682025
1.9% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€65,584M2024
3.8% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€65,584M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€130M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,264M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,647M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€3,513M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€13,638M
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
45,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 84
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,200
2024 · EU pctl 82
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)
€7,480M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,129M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€20,788M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€16,252M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€66,171M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,768
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,353M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
756,700
2024 · EU pctl 97
Self-employed persons
77,800
2024 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,900
2024 · EU pctl 95
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
772,500
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
123,292
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
17,875
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
14,472
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
2023 · EU pctl 98
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 91 · 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)
5,625,077
2025 · EU pctl 88
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,547
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
31,349 kt
2025 · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
369
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
14 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
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)
995,003
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
265,991
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
242,246
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
39.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.7%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
14,454
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
10,579
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 69
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,906,359
2100 · EU pctl 98
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
564 /100k
2024 · 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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
91.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
524 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,243 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · 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)
311 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 40
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 73
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
78.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.2%
2021 · EU pctl 69
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