NUTS-3 FRK24 · France
Isère
Isère generates €54bn of GDP across 1.3m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile 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 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (95th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (26.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable74 → 68 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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 outlook72
Resilience71
Economic base66
Connectivity59
Quality of life58
Digital readiness51
Cost advantage50
Growth momentum49
Industrial base49
Labour market39
Governance38
Air quality38
Freight intensity29
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)
64.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability58.1
Market access56
Economic scale95
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability90
Labour stability84
Diversification34
Demographic stability74
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 density83
Airport access39
Market access56
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)
38
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.3 µg/m³
PM1015.9 µg/m³
NO213.9 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)
58.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy58
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety26.7
Connectivity67
Environment39
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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. · 33.3%Diversified · HHI 2355
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 20.6%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.3%Public · health · education 21.6%
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)
€54,019M2024
2.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€48,285M2025
0.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Population
1,310,6482025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Unemployment rate
7.1%2025
4.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
565,7002024
0.8% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Productivity / employee
€97,3192025
1.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Gross value added
€48,319M2024
1.8% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€48,319M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€264M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,975M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,150M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — construction (F)
€2,992M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,564M
2024 · EU pctl 93
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)
37,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 66
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,200
2024 · EU pctl 67
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)
€6,986M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,841M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€16,100M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,426M
2024 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€48,285M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,319
2025 · EU pctl 77
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,187M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
565,700
2024 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
66,200
2024 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,900
2024 · EU pctl 95
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)
634,900
2025 · EU pctl 96
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
103,706
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
13,851
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
11,030
2023 · EU pctl 96
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
2023 · EU pctl 94
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)
5,885,840
2025 · EU pctl 89
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,210
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,279 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
779
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
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.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
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)
817,518
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
264,786
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
228,344
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
41.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
12,459
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
10,393
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
167 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,304,780
2100 · EU pctl 96
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
89.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
732 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
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)
208 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 60
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 60
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 16
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
122 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
15.1%
2021 · EU pctl 94
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