NUTS-3 BE323 · Belgium
Arr. Mons
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Mons generates €8.9bn of GDP across 262.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (55.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.8
Livability36.5
Market access81
Economic scale55
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability37
Diversification5
Demographic stability57
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density63
Airport access67
Market access81
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary49
Lifelong learning55
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers76
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.1 µg/m³
PM1016.5 µg/m³
NO213.8 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)
36.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44
Jobs8
Education55.5
Health22.5
Safety26
Connectivity53.5
Environment45.7
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
53.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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: Public · health · education · 41.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2928
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 7.1%Construction 3.2%Trade · transport · ICT 25.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 41.5%
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)
€8,078M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€34M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — industry (B–E)
€572M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€372M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€260M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,053M
2024 · EU pctl 63
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,300
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
2024 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,772M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,340M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,931M
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€934M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — information & communication (J)
€744M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,810M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,350M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
88,700
2024 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
13,300
2024 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,000
2024 · EU pctl 11
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
65.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
15
2012 · EU pctl 47
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
57 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 41
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.9%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
209,056
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
498 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 20 · 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.
1,438
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
168,086
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged 65+
52,223
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
41,868
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 12
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
2,293
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
2,829
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
448 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
599 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,129 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
251 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
183 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
423 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,401 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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 64
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 59
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
40
2024 · EU pctl 2
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