NUTS-3 FRM02 · France
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse generates €6.3bn of GDP across 189.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (93th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (14.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable36 → 47 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)
Demographic outlook91
Energy cost88
Air quality76
Resilience55
Growth momentum52
Cost advantage52
Economic base41
Quality of life40
Governance38
Connectivity35
Talent & skills27
Freight intensity20
Labour market16
Industrial base3
Digital readiness0
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)
34.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability40.4
Market access6
Economic scale40
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability36
Diversification30
Demographic stability83
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)
34.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density29
Airport access69
Market access6
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)
26.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary9
Lifelong learning8
Knowledge workers64
Scientists & engineers25
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)
76
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.4 µg/m³
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
40.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs19
Education20
Health93
Safety15.3
Connectivity14.5
Environment76.7
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.8 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%Diversified · HHI 2384
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 8.9%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%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)
€6,329M2024
3.6% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,668M2025
0.8% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Population
189,3992025
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Unemployment rate
7.2%2025
0.0% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
73,9002024
0.5% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Productivity / employee
€87,2812025
1.9% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Gross value added
€5,638M2024
3.0% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,638M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — industry (B–E)
€504M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€191M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€495M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,205M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,200
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,600
2024 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,838M
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€78M
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,494M
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€993M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — information & communication (J)
€71M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,527M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,812M
2024 · EU pctl 57
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,668M
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,281
2025 · EU pctl 59
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,367M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,900
2024 · EU pctl 31
Self-employed persons
12,000
2024 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,200
2024 · EU pctl 6
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
68.8%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
46.0%
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
81,500
2025 · EU pctl 33
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,744
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
2,319
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
1,935
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 81
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.7%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.7%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
83.4%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,149,421
2025 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
615 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · 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.
260
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,034 kt
2025 · EU pctl 20
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
137
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
114,688
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
49,059
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
25,652
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
1,325
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
1,907
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.1%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
41 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
210,202
2100 · EU pctl 48
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
552 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
797 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
5.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
899 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
113 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · 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)
1,582 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
108 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 37
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 95
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.4%
2021 · EU pctl 11
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