NUTS-3 BE213 · Belgium
Arr. Turnhout
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Turnhout generates €29bn of GDP across 483.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 78.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (90th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
78.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60
Livability65.5
Market access98
Economic scale89
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability56
Labour stability79
Diversification26
Demographic stability85
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access71
Market access98
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)
84.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary85
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers88
Scientists & engineers79
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1015.1 µg/m³
NO210.5 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)
65.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89
Jobs41
Education90
Health81
Safety46.7
Connectivity60.5
Environment50
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
60
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 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: Industry · 37.5%Diversified · HHI 2418
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 37.5%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 16.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.8%Public · health · education 16.1%
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)
€26,385M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€649M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,890M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,383M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€1,773M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,331M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,500
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€60,400
2024 · EU pctl 92
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,336M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,442M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€54,762M
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,129M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — information & communication (J)
€405M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,488M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,255M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
209,800
2024 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
36,700
2024 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,600
2024 · EU pctl 79
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.6%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
49
2012 · EU pctl 76
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
111 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 55
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.5%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,962,916
2024 · EU pctl 69
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
492 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · 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.
1,817
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
376
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
302,739
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
107,968
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
73,099
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Live births
4,071
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
4,362
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
359 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.2%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
528 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
861 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
248 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
900 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
34 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
18 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
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 14
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 55
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 45
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