NUTS-3 FRK21 · France
Ain
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller59 → 40 EU percentile since 1995 (-19 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)
Talent & skills90
Energy cost88
Demographic outlook80
Resilience74
Air quality69
Quality of life60
Connectivity60
Industrial base57
Growth momentum55
Digital readiness51
Cost advantage50
Freight intensity40
Labour market39
Governance38
Economic base35
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)
63.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55
Livability60.1
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)
59.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
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)
60.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety39.3
Connectivity53
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€21,528M2024
1.4% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,242M2025
0.8% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Population
692,1662025
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Unemployment rate
7.1%2025
4.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
237,3002024
0.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Productivity / employee
€92,4562025
1.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€19,246M2024
1.1% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,242M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,456
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,857M
2025 · EU pctl 83
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
331,500
2025 · EU pctl 87
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,993 kt
2025 · EU pctl 83
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,108
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
449
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
29 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
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 76
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
708,642
2100 · EU pctl 89
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
511 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
108 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.7%
2021 · EU pctl 57
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