NUTS-3 BE32D · Belgium
Arr. Thuin
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Thuin generates €2.3bn of GDP across 92.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (70th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.2
Livability38.8
Market access75
Economic scale9
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 stability73
Labour stability38
Diversification10
Demographic stability56
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)
80.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access71
Market access75
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)
38.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy31
Jobs8
Education55.5
Health22.5
Safety46
Connectivity70
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
53.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 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 · 38.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2702
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 7.3%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 17.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.1%Public · health · education 38.3%
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 · 62 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,067M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€55M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€150M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€115M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€110M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€359M
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
21,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,600
2024 · EU pctl 27
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)
€338M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€602M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€791M
2024 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
26,400
2024 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
6,600
2024 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,900
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)
373,146
2024 · EU pctl 24
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.
1,140
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,229
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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)
57,884
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
20,636
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged under 15
14,221
2025 · EU pctl 16
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
764
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,069
2024 · EU pctl 10
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
45.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
464 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
742 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
224 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
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