NUTS-3 FRK11 · France
Allier
Export region data (CSV)Allier generates €10bn of GDP across 331.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (84th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (33.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.6
Livability55
Market access31
Economic scale61
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability69
Diversification48
Demographic stability30
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access40
Market access31
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)
64.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary73
Lifelong learning77
Knowledge workers67
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)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1011.3 µg/m³
NO27.3 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)
55
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38
Jobs33.5
Education69.5
Health73.5
Safety33.7
Connectivity53
Environment84
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
25.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 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 · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 2264
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 18.8%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 30.1%
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)
€9,229M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€204M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,738M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,421M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€557M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,537M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,400
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
2024 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,591M
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,415M
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,857M
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,690M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — information & communication (J)
€74M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,418M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,775M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,100
2024 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
17,100
2024 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,300
2024 · EU pctl 50
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,144
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
2,446
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
1,887
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,177,714
2025 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,405
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
726
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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)
186,111
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged 65+
97,698
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
47,400
2025 · EU pctl 64
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
2,498
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
4,494
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
662 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
871 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
402 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,188 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
403 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 13
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 15
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 33
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