NUTS-3 BE213 · Belgium
Arr. Turnhout
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 90 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base94
Economic base92
Talent & skills85
Digital readiness75
Connectivity72
Energy cost69
Quality of life66
Resilience62
Growth momentum60
Governance49
Air quality49
Demographic outlook48
Freight intensity41
Labour market31
Cost advantage14
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
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
Connectivity61
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€29,151M2024
3.2% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,278M2025
0.9% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
483,8062025
0.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Unemployment rate
4.3%2025
6.5% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Employment
209,8002024
0.0% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Productivity / employee
€143,3102025
3.2% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€26,385M2024
3.2% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,278M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€143,310
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,653M
2025 · EU pctl 91
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
226,800
2025 · EU pctl 75
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.6%
2023 · EU pctl 90 · 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 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,034 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
376
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
78 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
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 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
467,692
2100 · EU pctl 79
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
2025 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.31
2022 · EU pctl 40
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.41
2022 · EU pctl 52
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.34
2022 · EU pctl 49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 52
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.25
2022 · EU pctl 18
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.130/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 31
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.046/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 14
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.3%
2021 · EU pctl 8
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