NUTS-3 FRL01 · France
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence generates €5.4bn of GDP across 169.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (88.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable50 → 43 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 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)
Energy cost88
Air quality88
Talent & skills76
Resilience61
Quality of life59
Growth momentum49
Demographic outlook48
Connectivity45
Cost advantage41
Governance38
Economic base36
Digital readiness33
Labour market23
Industrial base15
Freight intensity13
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)
45.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability58.7
Market access41
Economic scale33
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)
61
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability96
Labour stability55
Diversification20
Demographic stability73
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access15
Market access41
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)
75.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary86
Lifelong learning66
Knowledge workers86
Scientists & engineers65
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)
87.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.9 µg/m³
PM1010.6 µg/m³
NO27.4 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)
58.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety35.3
Connectivity56
Environment88.3
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
48.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.7 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%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2511
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 11.3%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 34.8%Public · health · education 29.5%
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)
€5,412M2024
3.1% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,834M2025
0.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Population
169,5632025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Unemployment rate
7.2%2025
4.3% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
69,1002024
0.4% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Productivity / employee
€79,8312025
1.9% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Gross value added
€4,828M2024
2.6% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,828M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€92M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€546M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€413M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€312M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€775M
2024 · EU pctl 28
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,900
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,100
2024 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€49,335M
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,075M
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€105,791M
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,099M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — information & communication (J)
€27M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,678M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,426M
2024 · EU pctl 47
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,834M
2025 · EU pctl 36
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€79,831
2025 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,245M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,100
2024 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
12,200
2024 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,200
2024 · EU pctl 12
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.4%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
70,600
2025 · EU pctl 26
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,057
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise births
1,953
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise deaths
1,594
2023 · EU pctl 63
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,974,493
2025 · EU pctl 83
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,210
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,124 kt
2025 · EU pctl 13
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
24 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
714
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
100
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
96,165
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
47,907
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
25,491
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 83
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.8%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
1,276
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
2,032
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
157,085
2100 · EU pctl 36
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
851 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
202 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
425 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,300 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
56 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 74 · 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)
1,194 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
122 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 9
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
68
2024 · EU pctl 93
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
21.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.6%
2021 · EU pctl 46
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