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NUTS-3 BE233 · Belgium

Arr. Eeklo

Population

89,8872025

GDP

€3,260M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

78.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

337 km²

NUTS-3 BE235 · Belgium

Arr. Oudenaarde

Population

128,9222025

GDP

€5,008M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

78.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

421.5 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Arr. Oudenaarde (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Arr. Eeklo (55). Contrarian pick: Arr. Eeklo — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 80).

#1Arr. Oudenaarde

Strengths

Talent & skills (91) · Connectivity (73)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

#2Arr. Eeklo

Strengths

Talent & skills (91) · Resilience (80)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Arr. Oudenaarde

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Arr. Eeklo may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Arr. Eeklo · Manufacturing → Arr. Eeklo · Office → Arr. Oudenaarde · Residential → Arr. Oudenaarde.

Phase-2 diligence checklist

Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics

This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

54.6

58.8

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

79.5

63.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

64.7

69.1

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

33.7

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Connectivitytransit + air + market access

70.3

73.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

90.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

47.6

48.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.5% 5y

3.6% 5y

Population

0.9% 5y

0.7% 5y

Unemployment rate

8.7% 5y

9.8% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€36,266

€38,842

Population density

267 /km²

306 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€2,951M

€4,533M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€87M

€62M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€617M

€681M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€571M

€626M

GVA — construction (F)

€245M

€400M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€459M

€1,004M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€30,800

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

32,400 PPS

34,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€36,300

€38,900

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)

€371M

€548M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€39M

€60M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€892M

€1,434M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€652M

€952M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€2,756M

€4,233M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€108,807

€112,749

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€887M

€1,362M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

30,900

45,800

Self-employed persons

7,600

12,000

Employment in manufacturing (C)

5,500

7,000

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

76.7%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

16.6%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

4.1%

4.3%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

44,200

63,500

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

3.4%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

5.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

2.7%

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)

95,485

275,044

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

475 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

1,276 kt

1,402 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

512

858

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

66 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

570

666

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

56,244

80,707

Population aged 65+

20,487

28,131

Population aged under 15

13,156

20,084

Median age of population

45.1 yrs

44.5 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

36.4%

34.9%

Crude rate of total population change

3.3 /1k

5.1 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

5.9 /1k

6.5 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.1 /1k

9.0 /1k

Crude death rate

10.7 /1k

10.5 /1k

Live births

724

1,154

Deaths

960

1,344

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

59.8%

59.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.41

1.58

Population density (persons per km²)

269 /km²

304 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

78,271

112,108

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

12.1%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.0 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

6.1%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

566 /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

0.0 /100k

0.8 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

29.0 /100k

24.9 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

221 /100k

258 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

968 /100k

653 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

38 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.31

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.41

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.34

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.58

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.25

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.130/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.046/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

2 m

66 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

5 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

29 days/yr

31 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

3 days/yr

2 days/yr