NUTS-3 BE252 · Belgium
Arr. Diksmuide
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 (50.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser41 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (+12 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)
Talent & skills82
Resilience82
Connectivity78
Quality of life70
Energy cost69
Demographic outlook68
Growth momentum58
Economic base52
Labour market51
Governance49
Freight intensity47
Digital readiness26
Industrial base25
Cost advantage4
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)
51.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.4
Livability69.7
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)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density75
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)
69.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy74
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety73.7
Connectivity50.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,969M2024
2.1% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,671M2025
0.9% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Population
52,7402025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
14.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
18,7002024
1.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Productivity / employee
€108,6552025
3.2% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Gross value added
€1,783M2024
2.1% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
All indicators · 82 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,671M
2025 · EU pctl 7
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,655
2025 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€537M
2025 · EU pctl 9
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,300
2025 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · 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.
348
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,442 kt
2025 · EU pctl 7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
660
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
59 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
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 66
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,562
2100 · EU pctl 5
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
634 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 82 · 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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
81.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.3%
2021 · EU pctl 52
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