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NUTS-3 BE234 · Belgium
Arr. Gent
Population
583,6062025
GDP
€38,769M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
951.2 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
74.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
31.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
90.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€66,430
Population density
614 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 68 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€35,091M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€262M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,778M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,743M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,919M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,836M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
59,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€66,700
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)
€3,057M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,960M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€10,925M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,370M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
330,100
Self-employed persons
52,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
109
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
204 /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)
1,909,350
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.
2,717
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
466
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
378,871
Population aged 65+
115,997
Population aged under 15
88,738
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.6%
Crude rate of total population change
8.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
Live births
5,434
Deaths
5,182
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
618 /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
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
408 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,131 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr