NUTS-3 BE351 · Belgium
Arr. Dinant
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable36 → 33 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 quality94
Talent & skills79
Connectivity73
Energy cost69
Demographic outlook53
Growth momentum51
Resilience50
Governance49
Quality of life47
Cost advantage39
Economic base23
Labour market14
Freight intensity14
Digital readiness11
Industrial base6
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)
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access47
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€3,278M2024
2.0% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,815M2025
0.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Population
114,7752025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Unemployment rate
7.6%2025
11.8% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
37,2002024
0.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Productivity / employee
€90,8792025
3.2% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Gross value added
€2,967M2024
2.0% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,815M
2025 · EU pctl 19
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,879
2025 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€722M
2025 · EU pctl 16
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
51,100
2025 · EU pctl 15
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,504 kt
2025 · EU pctl 8
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,481
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,290
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
28 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
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 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
95,789
2100 · EU pctl 17
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
501 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 55 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
12.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.2%
2021 · EU pctl 85
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