NUTS-3 FRK21 · France
Ain
Export region data (CSV)Ain generates €22bn of GDP across 692.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (95th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (31.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55
Livability60
Market access58
Economic scale82
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)
73.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability66
Labour stability84
Diversification52
Demographic stability93
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density54
Airport access66
Market access58
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)
89.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary95
Lifelong learning81
Knowledge workers95
Scientists & engineers88
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1012.9 µg/m³
NO210.1 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)
60
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety39.3
Connectivity52.5
Environment70
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
55
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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. · 29.2%Diversified · HHI 2240
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 25.6%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.2%Public · health · education 19.8%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,246M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€277M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,922M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,635M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€1,326M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,288M
2024 · EU pctl 78
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,600
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 35
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,600
2024 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€66,409M
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€8,444M
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€150,675M
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,671M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — information & communication (J)
€181M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,616M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,817M
2024 · EU pctl 81
Labour market
Employment, total persons
237,300
2024 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
29,900
2024 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,200
2024 · EU pctl 80
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
45,285
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
6,149
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
4,795
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
49.4%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,369,876
2025 · EU pctl 73
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,112
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
450
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
426,826
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
134,758
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
130,582
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
41.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
6,214
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
5,405
2024 · EU pctl 77
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
123 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 48
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
771 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
572 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,245 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
273 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 28
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
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 32
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