NUTS-3 BE32B · Belgium
Arr. Charleroi
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Charleroi generates €13bn of GDP across 403.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (67.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.4
Livability39
Market access86
Economic scale70
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)
42.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability44
Labour stability38
Diversification27
Demographic stability61
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)
84
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density66
Airport access100
Market access86
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.6 µg/m³
PM1012 µg/m³
NO214.4 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)
39
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs8
Education55.5
Health22.5
Safety23.3
Connectivity55
Environment67.3
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
45.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 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 · 33.4%Diversified · HHI 2407
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 15.1%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.1%Public · health · education 33.4%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,869M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€47M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,794M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,208M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€691M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,506M
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
29,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
2024 · EU pctl 44
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)
€1,370M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — information & communication (J)
€210M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,865M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,965M
2024 · EU pctl 82
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,300
2024 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
18,800
2024 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,700
2024 · EU pctl 38
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)
345,574
2024 · EU pctl 22
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.
2,295
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
569
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
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)
255,855
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
77,848
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
69,643
2025 · EU pctl 76
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.4%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
4,001
2024 · EU pctl 78
Deaths
4,321
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
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
2.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
242 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,931 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
160 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 19
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 63
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
42
2024 · EU pctl 4
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