NUTS-3 FRL01 · France
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Export region data (CSV)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).
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
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
Connectivity55.5
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).
All indicators · 70 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
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
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
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.
1,204
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
710
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
636 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · 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
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
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