NUTS-3 FRY40 · France
La Réunion
La Réunion generates €24bn of GDP across 904.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (84.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (1th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable28 → 33 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
Air quality83
Growth momentum67
Cost advantage66
Connectivity62
Demographic outlook54
Resilience50
Quality of life39
Governance38
Talent & skills29
Economic base23
Industrial base7
Labour market2
Digital readiness1
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)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth66.6
Livability39.1
Market access11
Economic scale85
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)
49.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability93
Labour stability7
Diversification7
Demographic stability91
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density92
Airport access82
Market access11
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary17
Lifelong learning63
Knowledge workers30
Scientists & engineers7
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)
83.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.53.6 µg/m³
PM1012.2 µg/m³
NO29.1 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)
39.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy28.5
Jobs1
Education19
Health60.5
Safety34
Connectivity46.5
Environment84.3
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
66.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.1 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 · 41.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2803
Agriculture 2%Industry 7.2%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.4%Public · health · education 41.7%
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)
€24,457M2024
3.6% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€22,218M2025
0.8% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Population
904,1802025
0.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
16.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Employment
342,0002024
0.9% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€72,8832025
1.9% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Gross value added
€22,940M2024
3.6% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,940M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€456M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,642M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,224M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€1,265M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,185M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,200
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,500
2024 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,844M
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€291M
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,800M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,530M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — information & communication (J)
€684M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,818M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€9,574M
2024 · EU pctl 95
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€22,218M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,883
2025 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,923M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
342,000
2024 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
47,500
2024 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,600
2024 · EU pctl 51
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
64.2%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
16.3%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
369,200
2025 · EU pctl 90
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
60,822
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
9,731
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
6,741
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.4%
2023 · EU pctl 99
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.3%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.1%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.2%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.3%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,626,678
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
483 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · 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.
9,037
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
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).
1,000
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
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)
575,192
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
142,316
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
186,672
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
39.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 3
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude death rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
11,818
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
5,832
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
2.11
2024 · EU pctl 100
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
879,651
2100 · EU pctl 93
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
937 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
195 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,014 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
44 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · 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)
1,781 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 21
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 26
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
41
2024 · EU pctl 3
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
52.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72
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