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NUTS-3 BE212 · Belgium
Arr. Mechelen
Population
362,4802025
GDP
€21,006M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
514.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
75.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
32.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
84.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.0

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€57,951
Population density
705 /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)
€19,013M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€179M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,336M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,995M
GVA — construction (F)
€829M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,646M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€58,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,336M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,442M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,762M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,624M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,907M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,800M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,223M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
163,700
Self-employed persons
27,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
31
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
93 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
509,571
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
492 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,465
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
227,736
Population aged 65+
77,797
Population aged under 15
56,947
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
Live births
3,440
Deaths
3,467
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
724 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
528 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
38.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
252 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,079 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
8 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr