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NUTS-3 BE32B · Belgium
Arr. Charleroi
Population
403,3462025
GDP
€13,113M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
65.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
475 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
60.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
66.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
84.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€32,510
Population density
849 /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)
€11,869M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€47M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,794M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,208M
GVA — construction (F)
€691M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,506M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
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)
€1,370M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€210M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,865M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,965M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,300
Self-employed persons
18,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.6%
Innovation & R&D
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)
345,574
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.
2,295
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
569
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
255,855
Population aged 65+
77,848
Population aged under 15
69,643
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.4%
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
Live births
4,001
Deaths
4,321
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
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
2.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
242 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,931 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
160 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr