NUTS-3 BE256 · Belgium
Arr. Roeselare
Arr. Roeselare generates €8.8bn of GDP across 161k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.0%/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 safety (29th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader84 → 85 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Economic base87
Resilience83
Talent & skills82
Energy cost69
Connectivity65
Growth momentum63
Industrial base61
Quality of life58
Freight intensity56
Labour market51
Governance49
Demographic outlook48
Air quality33
Digital readiness26
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)
63.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.2
Livability58.4
Market access77
Economic scale54
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability90
Diversification71
Demographic stability87
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access76
Market access77
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.6 µg/m³
PM1017 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
58.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91.5
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety29
Connectivity34
Environment34.3
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
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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. · 28.8%Diversified · HHI 2130
Agriculture 2%Industry 22%Construction 9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.8%Public · health · education 20%
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)
€8,775M2024
3.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,447M2025
0.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Population
160,9712025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
7.4% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
86,1002024
1.7% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Productivity / employee
€105,1532025
3.2% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Gross value added
€7,943M2024
3.6% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,943M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€159M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,746M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,565M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€715M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,449M
2024 · EU pctl 50
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)
48,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 87
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,700
2024 · EU pctl 88
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)
€701M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,289M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,586M
2024 · EU pctl 52
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,447M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€105,153
2025 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,394M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
86,100
2024 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
15,100
2024 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,600
2024 · EU pctl 46
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)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
78,200
2025 · EU pctl 31
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)
140,287
2024 · EU pctl 7
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
512 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,932 kt
2025 · EU pctl 37
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
515
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
59 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
320
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
100,925
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
34,541
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
25,505
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
1,530
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
1,574
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population density (persons per km²)
585 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 85
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
147,466
2100 · EU pctl 33
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
262 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,285 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
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)
24 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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.
17
2024 · EU pctl 67
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 50
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
93.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.1%
2021 · EU pctl 51
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