NUTS-3 BE252 · Belgium
Arr. Diksmuide
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Diksmuide generates €2.0bn of GDP across 52.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. 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 health (82th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (50th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.4
Livability69.6
Market access72
Economic scale7
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)
81.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability74
Labour stability90
Diversification94
Demographic stability68
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access86
Market access72
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
69.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy74
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety73.7
Connectivity50
Environment—
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
58.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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. · 26.9%Diversified · HHI 1893
Agriculture 8.2%Industry 13.2%Construction 12.3%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.9%Public · health · education 19.2%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,783M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€235M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€203M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€219M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€359M
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
33,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,400
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
€215M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — information & communication (J)
€19M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€480M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€342M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,700
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
6,000
2024 · EU pctl 18
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,300
2024 · EU pctl 4
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
3
2012 · EU pctl 18
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 38
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)
195,518
2024 · EU pctl 11
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.
349
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
662
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
32,605
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
11,807
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged under 15
8,328
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
390
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
568
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
145 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
137 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
498 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
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)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Belgium regions