NUTS-3 BE345 · Belgium
Arr. Virton
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Virton generates €1.3bn of GDP across 55.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (21.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.2
Livability50.8
Market access64
Economic scale3
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability61
Diversification36
Demographic stability68
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access54
Market access64
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)
96.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54 µg/m³
PM107.5 µg/m³
NO25.3 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)
50.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs21.5
Education46
Health34
Safety55
Connectivity61
Environment96.3
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
39.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 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 · 32.1%Diversified · HHI 2337
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 19.6%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.3%Public · health · education 32.1%
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)
€1,190M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€234M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€210M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€72M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€163M
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
21,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
€227M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2M
2024 · EU pctl 0
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€314M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€382M
2024 · EU pctl 7
Labour market
Employment, total persons
13,900
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
2,900
2024 · EU pctl 3
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
11
2012 · EU pctl 41
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
206 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 75
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)
230,691
2024 · EU pctl 14
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.
765
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,385
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,657
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
10,409
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
9,178
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 8
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Live births
476
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
577
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.9%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
436 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
632 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
93 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
371 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 1
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 9
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 37
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