NUTS-3 BE329 · Belgium
Arr. La Louvière
Export region data (CSV)Arr. La Louvière generates €3.4bn of GDP across 143k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. 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 safety (65.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.6
Livability38.7
Market access82
Economic scale19
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)
36.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability38
Diversification6
Demographic stability54
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access85
Market access82
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
38.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy30.5
Jobs8
Education55.5
Health22.5
Safety65.3
Connectivity50.5
Environment—
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
49.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 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 · 41.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2877
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 4.4%Construction 8.2%Trade · transport · ICT 18%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.4%Public · health · education 41.4%
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 · 62 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,107M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€138M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€86M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€256M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€559M
2024 · EU pctl 18
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)
21,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 12
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,100
2024 · EU pctl 26
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)
€484M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€851M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,287M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
41,000
2024 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
7,200
2024 · EU pctl 24
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,100
2024 · EU pctl 3
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)
100,597
2024 · EU pctl 4
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.
671
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
469
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
90,644
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
29,178
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
23,142
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 14
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
1,307
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
1,584
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.7%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
2024 · EU pctl 71
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
117 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
933 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
86 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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