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NUTS-3 BE242 · Belgium
Arr. Leuven
Population
530,9712025
GDP
€26,327M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,167.4 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
76.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
64.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
83.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€49,583
Population density
455 /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)
€23,830M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€240M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,500M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,849M
GVA — construction (F)
€745M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,566M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€32,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,879M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€800M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,835M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,558M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,138M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,990M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,789M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
206,100
Self-employed persons
42,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
184
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
373 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
866,158
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
720 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,505
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
660
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
336,542
Population aged 65+
114,853
Population aged under 15
79,576
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
Crude rate of total population change
7.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
Live births
4,384
Deaths
4,959
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
Population density (persons per km²)
453 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
8.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
379 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
810 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,269 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
26 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
55 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr