NUTS-3 BE258 · Belgium
Arr. Veurne
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Veurne generates €3.0bn of GDP across 61.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (88th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (31.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.8
Livability63.9
Market access67
Economic scale15
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability44
Labour stability90
Diversification33
Demographic stability37
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access82
Market access67
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)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.2 µg/m³
PM1014.2 µg/m³
NO27.4 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)
63.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy88
Jobs69.5
Education68.5
Health82
Safety31.3
Connectivity42.5
Environment65.7
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
52.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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. · 34.2%Diversified · HHI 2362
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 11.2%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 20%Finance · real estate · prof. 34.2%Public · health · education 24.6%
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)
€2,706M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€76M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — industry (B–E)
€302M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€279M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — construction (F)
€194M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€542M
2024 · EU pctl 17
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)
43,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,500
2024 · EU pctl 82
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)
€501M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — information & communication (J)
€12M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€926M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€666M
2024 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
26,100
2024 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
6,200
2024 · EU pctl 19
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,800
2024 · EU pctl 5
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
8
2012 · EU pctl 36
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
135 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 61
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)
3,206,472
2024 · EU pctl 79
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.
306
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
498
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
32,564
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
22,504
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged under 15
6,324
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
57.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 100
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
69.1%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of total population change
-8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Live births
353
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
927
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
88.5%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
223 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 67
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
228 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,223 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 44
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 59
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