NUTS-3 BE100 · Belgium
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Export region data (CSV)Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad generates €108bn of GDP across 1.3m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
72.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.2
Livability47.3
Market access95
Economic scale98
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
52
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability30
Diversification4
Demographic stability86
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density26
Airport access95
Market access95
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
94
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary98
Lifelong learning90
Knowledge workers99
Scientists & engineers89
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO220.7 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy76.5
Jobs3.5
Education85.5
Health65
Safety34.7
Connectivity20.5
Environment45.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
48.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 41.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3103
Industry 4.7%Construction 2.2%Trade · transport · ICT 22.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 41.5%Public · health · education 29.3%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€97,893M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,645M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,922M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€2,170M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€21,683M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,400
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 98
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€85,300
2024 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€21,248M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€475M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€55,797M
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,004M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,538M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€40,663M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€28,707M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
729,700
2024 · EU pctl 97
Self-employed persons
85,900
2024 · EU pctl 95
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,100
2024 · EU pctl 52
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
67.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
110
2012 · EU pctl 92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
95 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 52
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
56.9%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
63.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.0%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.0%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,372,971
2024 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
389 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
627
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
881,244
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
165,217
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
225,248
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
36.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 0
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of total population change
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
14,034
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
8,526
2024 · EU pctl 91
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.3%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
7,827 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 100
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
682 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
914 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
214 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
443 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
619 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
4,651 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
9 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
81 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 89
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 16
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