NUTS-3 FRL02 · France
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes generates €5.1bn of GDP across 145.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (86.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable59 → 51 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
Talent & skills76
Quality of life55
Resilience54
Growth momentum53
Connectivity51
Economic base49
Cost advantage41
Governance38
Demographic outlook37
Digital readiness33
Air quality28
Labour market23
Freight intensity22
Industrial base3
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)
46.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.4
Livability54.6
Market access46
Economic scale31
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability55
Diversification19
Demographic stability80
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density98
Airport access9
Market access46
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.7 µg/m³
PM1016.7 µg/m³
NO217.9 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)
54.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety50
Connectivity65.5
Environment29
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
53.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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: Public · health · education · 32.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2516
Agriculture 2%Industry 5.8%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.8%Public · health · education 32.1%
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)
€5,067M2024
4.0% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,526M2025
0.8% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Population
145,0912025
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
4.3% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
65,7002024
0.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Productivity / employee
€78,6002025
1.9% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Gross value added
€4,515M2024
3.4% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,515M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — industry (B–E)
€262M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€146M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€397M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€922M
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
32,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,700
2024 · EU pctl 52
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)
€1,059M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — information & communication (J)
€42M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,392M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,451M
2024 · EU pctl 48
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,526M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,600
2025 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,166M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,700
2024 · EU pctl 26
Self-employed persons
12,700
2024 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,500
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
61,300
2025 · EU pctl 21
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,825
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise births
1,819
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise deaths
1,674
2023 · EU pctl 65
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
4,621,377
2025 · EU pctl 86
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.
2,138
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,499 kt
2025 · EU pctl 16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,474
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
24 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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)
83,569
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
40,221
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
21,301
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.1%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
1,122
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
1,517
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.6%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
26 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 6
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
127,184
2100 · EU pctl 28
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
0.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
345 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,309 /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)
2,778 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
265 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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.
18
2024 · EU pctl 79
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 92
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 41
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