NUTS-3 BE336 · Belgium
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft generates €2.9bn of GDP across 80k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.7%/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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable60 → 51 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Demographic outlook87
Talent & skills79
Connectivity72
Energy cost69
Resilience63
Industrial base61
Growth momentum51
Governance49
Quality of life48
Economic base47
Cost advantage42
Digital readiness32
Labour market6
Freight intensity6
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability47.7
Market access86
Economic scale14
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability37
Diversification65
Demographic stability69
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density98
Airport access32
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)
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
47.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs14.5
Education77
Health35.5
Safety41.7
Connectivity65
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
50.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 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: Public · health · education · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2162
Agriculture 2%Industry 21.3%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.9%Public · health · education 27.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€2,903M2024
2.1% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,471M2025
0.9% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Population
80,0062025
0.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
5.8% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
29,0002024
0.7% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Productivity / employee
€103,2522025
3.2% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Gross value added
€2,628M2024
2.1% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,628M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€53M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€559M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€518M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€187M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€496M
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
32,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,300
2024 · EU pctl 54
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)
€317M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€602M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€731M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,471M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,252
2025 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€601M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,000
2024 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
5,500
2024 · EU pctl 15
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,100
2024 · EU pctl 12
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,900
2025 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 67 · 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)
531,415
2024 · EU pctl 33
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
497 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
665 kt
2025 · EU pctl 2
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,174
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,467
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
69 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
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)
50,022
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
16,916
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
13,068
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
734
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
775
2024 · EU pctl 6
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
101,198
2100 · EU pctl 19
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 67 · 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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
38.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
400 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
529 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.31
2022 · EU pctl 40
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.41
2022 · EU pctl 52
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.34
2022 · EU pctl 49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 52
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.25
2022 · EU pctl 18
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.130/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 31
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.046/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 14
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
534 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 5
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