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NUTS-3 BE323 · Belgium
Arr. Mons
Population
262,1772025
GDP
€8,924M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
65.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
595.3 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
56.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
44.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.8

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€34,038
Population density
440 /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)
€8,078M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€34M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€572M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€372M
GVA — construction (F)
€260M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,053M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,772M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,340M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,931M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€934M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€744M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,810M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,350M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
88,700
Self-employed persons
13,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
57 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
209,056
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
498 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,438
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
168,086
Population aged 65+
52,223
Population aged under 15
41,868
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
Live births
2,293
Deaths
2,829
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
448 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.0 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
599 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,129 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
183 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
423 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,401 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr