NUTS-3 BE253 · Belgium
Arr. Ieper
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Ieper generates €5.4bn of GDP across 109.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (89th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (44th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.2
Livability66.9
Market access72
Economic scale33
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability90
Diversification73
Demographic stability69
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access72
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)
66.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy89
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety48.3
Connectivity44
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
63.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.5 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: Industry · 29.1%Diversified · HHI 2120
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 29.1%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.3%Public · health · education 18.9%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,905M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,427M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,352M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€310M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€934M
2024 · EU pctl 33
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)
44,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
€431M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — information & communication (J)
€108M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,093M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€925M
2024 · EU pctl 29
Labour market
Employment, total persons
48,500
2024 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
10,500
2024 · EU pctl 36
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,300
2024 · EU pctl 30
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
9
2012 · EU pctl 37
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
82 /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)
821,704
2024 · EU pctl 47
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.
588
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
539
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
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)
66,848
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged 65+
25,155
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged under 15
17,060
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
1,001
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
1,104
2024 · EU pctl 10
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
197 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 64
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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
242 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
680 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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