Of a size comparable to Switzerland, Belgium or Denmark, Rhône-Alpes is among the top few great European economic regions. Its gross domestic product represents more than 10 % of the European Union average GDP. Second french region on an economic point of view, Rhône-Alpes reckons almost 2,25 millions of jobs (10 % of the french working population is in Rhône-Alpes) and represents 11,6 % of the french industry. The Rhône department is the first regional employer with 650'000 people who work, in front of the Isère department and the Loire department. Proportion of the total activity for each sector Services : 63 % Industry : 27 % Construction, civil engineering and agricultural engineering : 8 % Agriculture : 2 % Rhône-Alpes, number one region on a national level for its metallurgical industry its mechanic construction its chemistry and the transformation of plastics its electricity production its milk industry the density and quality of its road network Second largest region on a national level for its research its exports its capacity for hosting tourism its forestry   Source : Rhône-Alpes region