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NUTS-3 BE336 · Belgium
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
Population
80,0062025
GDP
€2,903M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
66%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
842.2 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
49.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
79.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€36,283
Population density
95 /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)
€2,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€53M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€559M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€518M
GVA — construction (F)
€187M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€496M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,523M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,375M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€317M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€602M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€731M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,000
Self-employed persons
5,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.8%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
14
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
178 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
531,415
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
497 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,190
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,487
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
50,022
Population aged 65+
16,916
Population aged under 15
13,068
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
Live births
734
Deaths
775
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
561 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,052 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
38.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
400 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
529 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
534 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr