NUTS-3 BE310 · Belgium
Arr. Nivelles
Arr. Nivelles generates €29bn of GDP across 416.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 77.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (100th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (23.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser74 → 93 EU percentile since 1995 (+19 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 & skills97
Economic base95
Industrial base86
Connectivity83
Demographic outlook80
Air quality70
Quality of life69
Energy cost69
Digital readiness68
Growth momentum58
Resilience50
Governance49
Labour market21
Freight intensity7
Cost advantage3
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)
77.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.6
Livability69.2
Market access94
Economic scale89
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability33
Labour stability77
Diversification18
Demographic stability72
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)
82.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access83
Market access94
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)
96.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary99
Lifelong learning89
Knowledge workers99
Scientists & engineers100
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)
70
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1013.4 µg/m³
NO27.5 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)
69.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy96
Jobs23.5
Education100
Health83
Safety40.7
Connectivity69.5
Environment71.7
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
57.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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. · 31.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2539
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 30.6%Construction 2.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.6%Public · health · education 16.2%
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)
€28,893M2024
2.2% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,470M2025
0.9% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
416,5042025
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Unemployment rate
6.7%2025
1.5% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
180,2002024
0.7% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Productivity / employee
€165,3542025
3.2% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Gross value added
€26,152M2024
2.2% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,152M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,002M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,529M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — construction (F)
€768M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,786M
2024 · EU pctl 85
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,300
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€69,500
2024 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,702M
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,676M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,055M
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,306M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,114M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,257M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,236M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,470M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€165,354
2025 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,117M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,200
2024 · EU pctl 69
Self-employed persons
40,100
2024 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,100
2024 · EU pctl 57
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
195,200
2025 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
8.7%
2023 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
65.6%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
66.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
41.1%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
16.7%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
572,017
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
531 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,937 kt
2025 · EU pctl 28
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,569
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
57 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).
617
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
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)
262,884
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged 65+
87,797
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
65,823
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
43.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 21
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
3,268
2024 · EU pctl 73
Deaths
3,788
2024 · EU pctl 61
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
379 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
384,796
2100 · EU pctl 73
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
187 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
841 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
207 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
47.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
535 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
919 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
108 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 34
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
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).
50
2024 · EU pctl 28
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
24.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 38
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