NUTS-3 BE251 · Belgium
Arr. Brugge
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Brugge generates €16bn of GDP across 288.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 68.6/100 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 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (40.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
68.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56
Livability64.4
Market access79
Economic scale75
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)
62.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability90
Diversification27
Demographic stability65
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 density55
Airport access82
Market access79
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)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary84
Lifelong learning85
Knowledge workers87
Scientists & engineers73
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1015.1 µg/m³
NO29.9 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)
64.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety47.3
Connectivity40.5
Environment51.7
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
56
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 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. · 31.4%Diversified · HHI 2411
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 11.4%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.4%Public · health · education 27.9%
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)
€14,118M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€174M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,607M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,356M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€883M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,085M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,200
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 87
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,200
2024 · EU pctl 87
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,710M
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,304M
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€29,133M
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,902M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — information & communication (J)
€268M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,431M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,939M
2024 · EU pctl 82
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,500
2024 · EU pctl 58
Self-employed persons
28,800
2024 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,000
2024 · EU pctl 39
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.2%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
23
2012 · EU pctl 59
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
81 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 49
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.3%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
30.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.4%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.7%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,847,255
2024 · EU pctl 83
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
512 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · 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.
1,308
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
454
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,229
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
77,434
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
37,415
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
2,171
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
3,359
2024 · EU pctl 56
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
441 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
637 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
849 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
205 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
273 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,446 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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.
10
2024 · EU pctl 32
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
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