NUTS-3 FRK26 · France
Rhône
Export region data (CSV)Rhône generates €111bn of GDP across 1.9m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. 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 safety (24.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
67.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability55.5
Market access61
Economic scale99
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)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability74
Labour stability84
Diversification24
Demographic stability72
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 density52
Airport access65
Market access61
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.6 µg/m³
PM1016.7 µg/m³
NO220.7 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)
55.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety24.3
Connectivity51.5
Environment26
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 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. · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2442
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 15.7%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 22.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 34.8%Public · health · education 21.4%
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)
€99,527M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€406M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,582M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,524M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€5,378M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€22,265M
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
53,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,600
2024 · EU pctl 90
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)
€11,241M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,167M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€34,641M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€21,255M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,107,000
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
103,200
2024 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
94,000
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
178,069
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
26,304
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
20,825
2023 · EU pctl 99
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.4%
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
8,279,966
2025 · EU pctl 93
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8,353
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
433
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
1,250,707
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
351,380
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
327,434
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
21,420
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
13,529
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
597 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
760 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,343 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
377 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 65
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 89
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 26
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