The 2020 Paris Region Facts & Figures report highlights the region's status as a global economic leader, with a population of 12.2 million and 31% of France's GDP. It emphasizes the region's strengths in R&D, employment, education, and tourism, as well as its extensive transport infrastructure and logistics capabilities. Paris is also recognized for its cultural offerings, quality of life, and as a major destination for international students and events.

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Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Contents
• Welcome to Paris Region
• Overview
• Population
• Economy and Business
• Employment
• Education
• R&D and Innovation
• Digital Infrastructure
• Real estate
• Transport and Mobility
• Logistics
• Meeting and exhibitions
• Tourism and quality of life
InnovationLe jardin suspendu Paris © Julie-Marie Bouchet

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Overview
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A world leading economic and innovative region

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Population in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A young cosmopolitan population
 174,439 births vs 75,571 deaths
 Men’s life expectancy: 81.1 years
 Women’s life expectancy : 85.9 years
Europe’s most populous region
 12,2 million inhabitants
 18.2% of France’s population
 2.4% of European Union population

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Population in Paris Region
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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
 GDP in 2017 : €709 billion
 31 % of France GDP
 4,6 % of EU28 GDP
 GDP per capita : 58,300 €
From the Arch of la Défense Business Dictrict ©Carlos Ayesta

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Paris Region at the heart of
world trade (2017)
 Imports: € 148.5b
26.6 % of France’s imports
 Exports: € 97.4b
20.2 % of France’s exports
A highly diversified economic landscape
Ariane Group © département des Yvelines

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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Europe’s # 2 region for foreign companies
 15,100 sites depending on a foreign company
 1 out of 6 jobs in Paris Region
 In 2018 : 409 foreign companies from over
50 countries and creating 6,303 jobs

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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
1,166,577
companies
A business powerhouse

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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Very competitive set-up costs among global cities Very competitive living costs

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Employment in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Europe’s largest talent pool
A breeding ground for talents
 6.4 million jobs
 23.3% of all jobs in France
 36% of all French executives
Changer la photo
Station F Insead © Patrick Tourneboeuf

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Employment in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A hightly qualified workforce in
science and technology

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Education in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A highly-educated students with
many graduates :
 41,4% of the adult population holds
a least a bachelor’s degree
 704,500 students
 16 public universities
 70 Grandes Ecoles (elite schools) and 49
engineering schools
A region attracting foreign talents
 119,500 foreign students in Paris Region
Education with a worldwide reputation,
 8,238 foreign PhD students
Numerous options for international education
 near 40 international private schools
Graduation ceremony at HEC Paris / HEC / Nathalie Ounjian

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Paris Region, an innovation powerhouse
Paris Region Facts &Figures – 2020
 Europe’s #1 region
for R&D (2017)
 The largest R&D talent in
Europe

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R&D and innovation in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts &Figures – 2020
 The #1 European region for research
and development expenditure
Internationally recognized technological
and scientific Knowledge in Paris
Region:
 32 Noble Prizes
 11 Fields Medals
 4 Abel Prizes
European leader in scientific publications:
 Nearly 500,000 scientific publications
 7,687 patents filed
Institut Cochin – CNRS Photothèque / Hubert Raguet

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Paris Region digital infrastructure
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Reliable telecomunications
and networks
4G Mobile telephony
 4 operators
 99,8% of the population
 is covered

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Paris Region
Europe’s largest scope of
real estate solutions
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Office space
 Surface area: 54.25 million m2 (ORIE 2018)
 Take up: 1.7 million m2 (BNP Paribas real estate,T3 2019)
 Immediate supply: 2.8 million m2 Space under
construction: 1.5 million m²
(BNP Paribas real estate, Immostat 2019)

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Paris Region - Europe’s largest scope of real estate solutions
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020

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World-class transportation network and
connections
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Reach 513 million
consumers in under 2 hours
by plane
By plane (source Paris Airport, 2019)
 3 international airports:
108 million passengers
 Paris Charles-de-Gaulle # 2 in
Europe for passenger traffic
 10 airfields and 1 heliport
By train (source SNCF, Arafer 2017 )
 10 main stations including 7
TGV (high-speed train)
stations
 19 million TGV passengers
travelling from Paris to the
main European destinations

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Transport and mobility in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
An efficient transit and mobility
system at the regional level:
 2,753 km of metro , train and
tramway network
 6,200 regional trains every day
 270 green buses (electric or
gas) in circulation, more than
5,000 by 2025
 Shared transport for alternative mobility:
Velib Metropole : more than 16,000 bikes, 30%
electric power-assisted
10,000 Véligo Location bikes, a long-term rental
service (6 to 9 months) of electrically assisted
bikes :

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Logistics in Paris Region
Exceptional transport infrastructure
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Road and waterway logistics
 12,000 km of roads
 497 km of national roads and
613 km of highways
 500 km of navigable waterways
 6 container terminals
 4 rail/road terminals
Freight
 Air: 2.20 million tonnes of freight and mail (ACI Europe Statistic, 2018)
 Rail: 10 million tonnes of goods (Setra 2014))
 Waterway: 25 million tonnes of goods (Haropa 2019)
 Road: 175 million tonnes of goods (Soes, TRM survey,2017))
Significant capacity in logistics real
estate in Paris Region
Warehouses > 5,000 𝑚2
 Surface area : 19 millions m² (ORIE 2018)
 Take up : 1.1 million m² (Immostat, 2018)
 Available now : 1.1 million m² (as of 1/1/2019)

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Meetings and Exhibitions in Paris Region
An exceptional place for events
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A real know-how in hosting major
trade shows (2019)
 700,000 m2 of covered exhibition and conference space
 446 trade shows
 108,153 exhibiting companies,
including 32,280 foreign companies
 9.4 million visitors, including 842,547 foreigners
 €5b in economic benefits
 73,300 jobs generated by trade shows
The place to meet
(OTCP, 2018)
 1,192 conventions in 335 venues
 882,400 participants
 32% were foreign visitors (298,600)
 €1,4b in economic benefits
 22,650 jobs created by conventions

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Tourism and Quality of life in Paris Region
The finest lifestyle
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
One of the largest hotel facilities in
the world (CRT Paris Île-de-France, 2019, data 2018)
 156,880 rooms
 71 million hotel night stays
 2,465 hotels,
 10 luxury hotels
The world’s favorite tourist
destinations
 50.1 million tourists, including
22.2 million foreigners (44.3%)
 €21.7b in economic benefits
 120,000 businesses
 511,000 jobs
Versailles – The gardens
© photo: Christine Tarquis
Provenance of main foreign tourists in Paris
Region (2018)

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Tourism and Quality of life in Paris Region
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Culture (2018)
 4,000 historic monuments
 140 museums
 307 cinemas, 361 theatres
 5 opera houses
 47 foreign cultural institutes
 271 villages of character
Louvre Museum, Paris
© photo: Christine Tarquis
A green region
 23% cityscape,
28% wooded
areas
 50% of agricultural
land and 1% water
 4 regional nature
parks (218,520 ha)
 15,171 ha in
organic farming
Sports:A great density of
sports related facilities (2018)
 19,200 sports club
 12 leisure resorts
 5,393 tennis courts
 419 swimming pools
 620 equestrian centers
 106 golf courses
Some popular sporting events (2019)
 Paris Open, Roland-Garros
(tennis, 480,000 spectators)
 Tour de France
(cycling race, 545,000 spectators)
 Paris Marathon (57,000 participants,
250,000 spectators)
 NatWest 6 Nations Championship
(Rugby, 150,000 spectators)
 Women’s World Cup (250,000 spectators)

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Tourism and Quality of life in Paris Region
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Housing
 5.7 million housing units
 26.3% houses
 72 % flats
Capital of shopping (2018)
 16 major department
stores (Galerie Lafayette,
Printemps, Bon Marché,
BHV…)
 223 shopping centers
A unique culinary destination (2019)
 Rungis International market, the
world’s biggest fresh produce market
 18 million consumers
 23,000 restaurants
 135 Michelin-starred restaurants
Shopping Centre - Westfield Les 4 Temps
© photo 2019 : Christine Tarquis

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Vincent GOLLAIN, director, Department of Economic Development,
Christine TARQUIS, economist, Department of Economic Development,