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NUTS-3 BE223 · Belgium
Arr. Tongeren
Population
211,6542025
GDP
€6,413M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
633.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
62.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
68.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
89.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
78.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.0

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€30,300
Population density
334 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 66 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,805M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€138M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€697M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€637M
GVA — construction (F)
€499M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,305M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,890M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,527M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,341M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€868M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€53M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,764M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
64,900
Self-employed persons
16,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
40 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
731,185
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
545 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,984
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
937
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
132,049
Population aged 65+
48,877
Population aged under 15
30,728
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.0%
Crude rate of total population change
4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
Live births
1,736
Deaths
2,035
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
Population density (persons per km²)
336 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.4 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
466 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
843 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
64 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr