NUTS-3 BE344 · Belgium
Arr. Neufchâteau
Arr. Neufchâteau generates €2.4bn of GDP across 66.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (21.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable47 → 51 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Air quality98
Talent & skills71
Energy cost69
Connectivity67
Resilience66
Quality of life53
Demographic outlook53
Growth momentum51
Economic base49
Governance49
Freight intensity43
Cost advantage28
Digital readiness25
Industrial base18
Labour market17
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)
46
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability53.2
Market access70
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)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability61
Diversification62
Demographic stability89
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access31
Market access70
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)
98.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.53.6 µg/m³
PM106.5 µg/m³
NO23.1 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)
53.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy60.5
Jobs21.5
Education46
Health34
Safety49.7
Connectivity62
Environment99
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
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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 · 31.9%Diversified · HHI 2179
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 11%Construction 12.4%Trade · transport · ICT 20%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.9%Public · health · education 31.9%
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)
€2,444M2024
2.4% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,050M2025
0.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Population
66,6342025
0.4% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
20.4% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
26,9002024
0.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Productivity / employee
€93,6722025
3.2% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Gross value added
€2,212M2024
2.4% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,212M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€243M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€212M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€275M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€442M
2024 · EU pctl 12
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)
32,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,700
2024 · EU pctl 55
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)
€268M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — information & communication (J)
€38M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€485M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€705M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,050M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,672
2025 · EU pctl 73
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€661M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
26,900
2024 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
5,200
2024 · EU pctl 14
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,900
2025 · EU pctl 5
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.1%
2023 · EU pctl 0 · 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)
871,758
2024 · EU pctl 49
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
523 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,714 kt
2025 · EU pctl 10
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,340
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,011
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
35 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
42,432
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged 65+
12,713
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
11,489
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.0%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
671
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
695
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
49 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
59,390
2100 · EU pctl 7
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 41 · 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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
360 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
868 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
93 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · 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)
452 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)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
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 3
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 51
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.2%
2021 · EU pctl 8
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