NUTS-3 BE331 · Belgium
Arr. Huy
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Huy generates €4.5bn of GDP across 116.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +8.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (77th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (14.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.8
Livability49.5
Market access91
Economic scale27
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability37
Diversification32
Demographic stability70
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)
78.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access49
Market access91
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary74
Lifelong learning75
Knowledge workers86
Scientists & engineers82
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)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.5 µg/m³
PM1012.9 µg/m³
NO212.7 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)
49.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs14.5
Education77
Health35.5
Safety30.7
Connectivity63.5
Environment68.3
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
64.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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: Industry · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2371
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 32.3%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 25.1%
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)
€4,075M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,314M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€623M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€229M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€548M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,600
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
2024 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,523M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€941M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€22,375M
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€452M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€27M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€897M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,024M
2024 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
37,800
2024 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
8,200
2024 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,700
2024 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
65.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 27
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 37
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.8%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.2%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.1%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.1%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
166,999
2024 · EU pctl 9
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
497 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · 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.
1,331
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,143
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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)
74,824
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
22,988
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged under 15
18,666
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Live births
1,020
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
1,212
2024 · EU pctl 13
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
177 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 61
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,052 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
66.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
475 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
721 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
255 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 28
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 52
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 7
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