NUTS-3 FRL04 · France
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône generates €96bn of GDP across 2.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.1%/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 safety (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader71 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (+10 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
Demographic outlook76
Talent & skills76
Growth momentum64
Connectivity63
Quality of life48
Cost advantage41
Resilience40
Governance38
Freight intensity33
Digital readiness33
Air quality28
Labour market23
Industrial base14
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)
64.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.8
Livability47.8
Market access49
Economic scale98
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability55
Diversification23
Demographic stability78
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access88
Market access49
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
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1018.4 µg/m³
NO218.1 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)
47.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety10
Connectivity42.5
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
63.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.4 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.1%Diversified · HHI 2457
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 12.4%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.1%Public · health · education 28.9%
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)
€96,176M2024
4.3% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€85,906M2025
0.8% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Population
2,108,9632025
0.5% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
1,004,3002024
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Productivity / employee
€97,5982025
1.9% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Gross value added
€85,779M2024
3.7% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€85,779M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€361M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,635M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,031M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€4,733M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€18,551M
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
€11,026M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,060M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,702M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€24,797M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€85,906M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,598
2025 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€22,125M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,004,300
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
113,700
2024 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
65,800
2024 · EU pctl 93
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)
953,500
2025 · EU pctl 98
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
195,430
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
28,104
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
22,477
2023 · EU pctl 99
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
2023 · EU pctl 97
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)
12,127,565
2025 · EU pctl 96
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.
8,948
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
44,981 kt
2025 · EU pctl 98
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
424
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
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.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,299,752
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
468,755
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
340,456
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude death rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Live births
22,488
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
18,836
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
443 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,182,517
2100 · EU pctl 99
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
2.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
179 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
646 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,227 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
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)
53 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
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 75
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 80
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
133 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 92
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.1%
2021 · EU pctl 68
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