NUTS-3 FRL06 · France
Vaucluse
Vaucluse generates €21bn of GDP across 576.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.5%/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 (20th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable53 → 57 EU percentile since 1995 (+5 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
Freight intensity66
Resilience65
Demographic outlook57
Economic base55
Connectivity49
Quality of life47
Growth momentum43
Cost advantage41
Governance38
Digital readiness33
Labour market23
Air quality22
Industrial base16
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)
54.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.4
Livability47.1
Market access45
Economic scale82
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability98
Labour stability55
Diversification32
Demographic stability75
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)
49.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access42
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)
22
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.1 µg/m³
PM1020 µg/m³
NO216.5 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)
47.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs22.5
Education75
Health86.5
Safety20
Connectivity47
Environment22
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
43.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 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. · 30.9%Diversified · HHI 2371
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 11.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 23.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.9%Public · health · education 26.6%
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)
€21,270M2024
2.7% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€18,999M2025
0.8% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Population
576,9482025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
248,5002024
0.9% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Productivity / employee
€87,2332025
1.9% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€18,989M2024
2.2% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,989M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€334M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,158M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,654M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€1,172M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,410M
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
34,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
€3,451M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — information & communication (J)
€278M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,869M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,046M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,999M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,233
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,893M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
248,500
2024 · EU pctl 80
Self-employed persons
38,100
2024 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,900
2024 · EU pctl 54
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)
249,500
2025 · EU pctl 78
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
55,395
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise births
7,070
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
5,833
2023 · EU pctl 91
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
4,807,909
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.
2,943
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,729 kt
2025 · EU pctl 89
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).
510
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
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)
340,148
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged 65+
143,202
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
93,598
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 48
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
5,401
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
5,742
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.6%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
2024 · EU pctl 97
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 58
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
555,633
2100 · EU pctl 83
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
537 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,893 /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)
365 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
32 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
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.
20
2024 · EU pctl 80
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 74
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
37.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 60
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
27.5%
2021 · EU pctl 98
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