NUTS-3 FRL03 · France
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes generates €52bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (86.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (17.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader71 → 77 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)
Energy cost88
Economic base79
Talent & skills76
Connectivity62
Resilience55
Growth momentum53
Quality of life49
Cost advantage41
Governance38
Digital readiness33
Demographic outlook30
Air quality26
Labour market23
Industrial base11
Freight intensity5
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)
60.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability49.4
Market access45
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability55
Diversification12
Demographic stability88
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)
62
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access77
Market access45
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.6 µg/m³
PM1018.3 µg/m³
NO217.7 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)
49.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety17.7
Connectivity48.5
Environment26.7
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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. · 35.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2663
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 8.2%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 26.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 35.9%Public · health · education 23.8%
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)
€51,847M2024
2.6% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€46,311M2025
0.8% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Population
1,145,5102025
0.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
519,5002024
0.9% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Productivity / employee
€101,7142025
1.9% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Gross value added
€46,321M2024
2.2% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€46,321M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€27M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,793M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,037M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — construction (F)
€2,480M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€12,364M
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
42,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 79
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,200
2024 · EU pctl 77
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)
€10,119M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,587M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€16,612M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,045M
2024 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€46,311M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,714
2025 · EU pctl 83
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€11,928M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
519,500
2024 · EU pctl 94
Self-employed persons
84,400
2024 · EU pctl 95
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,400
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
501,300
2025 · EU pctl 94
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
137,086
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
19,375
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
15,176
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
13,984,430
2025 · EU pctl 97
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
593 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,272 kt
2025 · EU pctl 61
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,269
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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).
547
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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)
683,327
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
294,039
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
168,144
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
9,920
2024 · EU pctl 95
Deaths
12,313
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.6%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
266 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,054,902
2100 · EU pctl 94
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
380 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,233 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
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)
877 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 74
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 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 88
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
45.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 67
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.4%
2021 · EU pctl 75
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