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NUTS-3 BE255 · Belgium
Arr. Oostende
Population
161,2842025
GDP
€7,164M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
292.3 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
61.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
63.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
82.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€44,419
Population density
552 /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)
€6,484M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€55M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,478M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€682M
GVA — construction (F)
€440M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,280M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,500
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)
€1,030M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€51M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,764M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,468M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,900
Self-employed persons
11,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
9
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
60 /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)
3,456,234
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.
584
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
362
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
4
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
93,568
Population aged 65+
47,025
Population aged under 15
20,691
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
Live births
1,203
Deaths
2,164
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
551 /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
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
263 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,849 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr