NUTS-3 FRK13 · France
Haute-Loire
Export region data (CSV)Haute-Loire generates €6.7bn of GDP across 229.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.0%/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)
42.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34
Livability54.1
Market access39
Economic scale43
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability91
Labour stability69
Diversification63
Demographic stability53
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)
35.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access18
Market access39
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)
83.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM109.2 µg/m³
NO29.4 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)
54.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy36
Jobs33.5
Education69.5
Health73.5
Safety44
Connectivity38
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
34
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2173
Agriculture 3.3%Industry 22.2%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 25.9%
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)
€5,971M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€197M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,325M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,180M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — construction (F)
€452M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€805M
2024 · EU pctl 29
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)
27,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,400
2024 · EU pctl 36
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)
€1,180M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — information & communication (J)
€44M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,646M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,547M
2024 · EU pctl 51
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,100
2024 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
14,300
2024 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,500
2024 · EU pctl 43
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)
16,814
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise births
1,945
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise deaths
1,513
2023 · EU pctl 61
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
831,101
2025 · EU pctl 47
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
907
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
396
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
93
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
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)
132,669
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged 65+
60,886
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged under 15
35,516
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
1,729
2024 · EU pctl 47
Deaths
2,683
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.7%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
267 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
809 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
751 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 29
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
66
2024 · EU pctl 90
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