NUTS-3 BE351 · Belgium
Arr. Dinant
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Dinant generates €3.3bn of GDP across 114.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (94.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (16.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability46.8
Market access75
Economic scale17
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)
49.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability57
Diversification22
Demographic stability66
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)
72.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access46
Market access75
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
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning82
Knowledge workers87
Scientists & engineers86
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)
94.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.9 µg/m³
PM109.3 µg/m³
NO25.1 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)
46.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42
Jobs16.5
Education58.5
Health37
Safety24.7
Connectivity54
Environment94.7
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
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.4 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 · 35.8%Diversified · HHI 2467
Agriculture 3.4%Industry 6.6%Construction 9.3%Trade · transport · ICT 18.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.7%Public · health · education 35.8%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,967M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€102M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€196M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€147M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€275M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€541M
2024 · EU pctl 17
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,100
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,600
2024 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,806M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€288M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€9,518M
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€450M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€14M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€792M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,062M
2024 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
37,200
2024 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
8,900
2024 · EU pctl 32
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,900
2024 · EU pctl 3
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
70.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 0
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 3
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
45.2%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
30.7%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.6%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.1%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
931,598
2024 · EU pctl 51
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
515 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 24 · 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.
1,482
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,291
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
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)
72,449
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
24,160
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged under 15
18,166
2025 · EU pctl 25
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 20
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Live births
962
2024 · EU pctl 23
Deaths
1,245
2024 · EU pctl 13
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.7%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
502 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,059 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
235 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
297 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
676 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
92 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
162 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 4
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 8
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 44
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