NUTS-3 BE310 · Belgium
Arr. Nivelles
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
77.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.8
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)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access82
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
57.8
/ 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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
89
2012 · EU pctl 88
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
230 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 79
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,633
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
632
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.9%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
226 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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
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
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