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NUTS-3 BE252 · Belgium
Arr. Diksmuide
Population
52,7402025
GDP
€1,969M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
365.2 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
51.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
82.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€37,340
Population density
144 /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)
€1,783M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€235M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€203M
GVA — construction (F)
€219M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€359M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,304M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,133M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€215M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€19M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€480M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€342M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,700
Self-employed persons
6,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
50 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
195,518
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
512 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
349
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
662
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
32,605
Population aged 65+
11,807
Population aged under 15
8,328
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
Live births
390
Deaths
568
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
145 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
9.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.1 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
637 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
849 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
205 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
137 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
498 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr