NUTS-3 FRL05 · France
Var
Var generates €38bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/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 (15th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable54 → 48 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
Talent & skills76
Resilience62
Growth momentum57
Demographic outlook56
Quality of life48
Economic base43
Air quality43
Cost advantage41
Connectivity38
Governance38
Digital readiness33
Labour market23
Freight intensity22
Industrial base8
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)
58.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.8
Livability48
Market access38
Economic scale92
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability89
Labour stability55
Diversification10
Demographic stability92
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)
38.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access25
Market access38
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)
42.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1017.7 µg/m³
NO215.7 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)
48
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy51
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety15
Connectivity42.5
Environment43.3
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
56.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
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. · 37.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2697
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 7.5%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 37.8%Public · health · education 28.1%
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)
€38,170M2024
3.7% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€34,094M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Population
1,139,0502025
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
439,4002024
1.0% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Productivity / employee
€88,5322025
1.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Gross value added
€34,049M2024
3.2% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€34,049M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€228M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,540M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,920M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€2,210M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,634M
2024 · EU pctl 90
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)
31,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,900
2024 · EU pctl 47
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)
€9,511M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — information & communication (J)
€459M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,887M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€9,551M
2024 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€34,094M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,532
2025 · EU pctl 62
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,781M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
439,400
2024 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
76,100
2024 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,800
2024 · EU pctl 64
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)
478,300
2025 · EU pctl 94
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
115,476
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
15,623
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
12,696
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
17,776,246
2025 · EU pctl 98
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.
4,763
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,267 kt
2025 · EU pctl 86
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).
418
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
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)
651,961
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
320,445
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
166,644
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.2%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of total population change
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Live births
9,435
2024 · EU pctl 95
Deaths
12,730
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.7%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
189 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,135,569
2100 · EU pctl 95
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
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,888 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
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)
237 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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 71
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 71
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 83
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
46.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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