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NUTS-3 BE231 · Belgium
Arr. Aalst
Population
307,8732025
GDP
€10,350M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
474.8 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
67.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
71.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
90.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€33,617
Population density
648 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 65 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,368M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,288M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,103M
GVA — construction (F)
€915M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,717M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,203M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,558M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,875M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,358M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€248M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,961M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,445M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,500
Self-employed persons
22,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
19
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
70 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
35.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
240,497
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
475 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,380
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
448
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
193,125
Population aged 65+
65,741
Population aged under 15
49,007
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
8.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
Live births
2,749
Deaths
3,086
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
648 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
571 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
867 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
226 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
930 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
63 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr