NUTS-3 BE328 · Belgium
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Tournai-Mouscron generates €9.2bn of GDP across 228.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (66.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability42.3
Market access81
Economic scale56
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability76
Labour stability38
Diversification44
Demographic stability60
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)
78.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density76
Airport access79
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO27.8 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)
42.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy55.5
Jobs8
Education55.5
Health22.5
Safety28
Connectivity60
Environment66.7
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
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 2288
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 24.5%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.1%Public · health · education 30.3%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,362M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€95M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,046M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,863M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — construction (F)
€481M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,522M
2024 · EU pctl 53
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)
36,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
2024 · EU pctl 66
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)
€842M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — information & communication (J)
€98M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,685M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,534M
2024 · EU pctl 68
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,000
2024 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
13,300
2024 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,700
2024 · EU pctl 43
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
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)
164,755
2024 · EU pctl 9
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.
1,570
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
687
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
145,263
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
46,975
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
36,182
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
2025 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Live births
1,936
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
2,477
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
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
2.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
132 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
463 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,357 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
42 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 45
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 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
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