NUTS-3 BE342 · Belgium
Arr. Bastogne
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Bastogne generates €1.5bn of GDP across 52.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99.3th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (20.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability47.6
Market access78
Economic scale4
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability61
Diversification75
Demographic stability86
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density100
Airport access42
Market access78
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)
70.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary72
Lifelong learning74
Knowledge workers75
Scientists & engineers62
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)
99
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.53 µg/m³
PM105.8 µg/m³
NO23 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)
47.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49.5
Jobs21.5
Education46
Health34
Safety20.3
Connectivity62.5
Environment99.3
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
50.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.6 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 · 27.2%Diversified · HHI 2111
Agriculture 3.9%Industry 14.7%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.6%Public · health · education 27.2%
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)
€1,400M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€55M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€205M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€172M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — construction (F)
€123M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€264M
2024 · EU pctl 5
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,500
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,700
2024 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,495M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€243M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,990M
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€222M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€372M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€381M
2024 · EU pctl 7
Labour market
Employment, total persons
16,000
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
3,800
2024 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,900
2024 · EU pctl 3
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 28
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
116 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 57
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
918,949
2024 · EU pctl 50
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
523 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · 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.
1,158
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,217
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
34,187
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged 65+
8,842
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
9,215
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
39.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude death rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
516
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
401
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 17
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
391 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,045 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
235 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
480 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
819 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
93 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
451 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 0
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
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