NUTS-3 BE343 · Belgium
Arr. Marche-en-Famenne
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Marche-en-Famenne generates €2.3bn of GDP across 58.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (65.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (14.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.4
Livability40.6
Market access81
Economic scale10
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)
49.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability61
Diversification20
Demographic stability67
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access28
Market access81
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
40.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy65.5
Jobs21.5
Education46
Health34
Safety14.3
Connectivity62
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
48.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 38.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2504
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 9%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.3%Public · health · education 38.2%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,115M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€44M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€191M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€141M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€193M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€387M
2024 · EU pctl 10
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)
35,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,700
2024 · EU pctl 64
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)
€252M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€493M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€807M
2024 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,100
2024 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
4,700
2024 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,700
2024 · EU pctl 2
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
2
2012 · EU pctl 17
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 35
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)
896,832
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.
1,080
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,836
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
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)
37,191
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
12,369
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged under 15
9,264
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 17
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Live births
522
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
644
2024 · EU pctl 4
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
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
5.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
454 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
981 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
93 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
296 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
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