NUTS-3 BE352 · Belgium
Arr. Namur
Export region data (CSV)Arr. Namur generates €13bn of GDP across 326.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. 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 (83.7th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability44.9
Market access89
Economic scale70
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability57
Diversification12
Demographic stability72
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)
82
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access74
Market access89
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.1 µg/m³
PM1010.9 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
44.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy61.5
Jobs16.5
Education58.5
Health37
Safety10
Connectivity47
Environment83.7
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
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 36.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2650
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 9.1%Construction 5.1%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 36.9%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,977M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,093M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€717M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — construction (F)
€611M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,448M
2024 · EU pctl 70
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)
36,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 62
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,600
2024 · EU pctl 66
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)
€1,370M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — information & communication (J)
€385M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,306M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,417M
2024 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,100
2024 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
23,300
2024 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,900
2024 · EU pctl 21
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
19
2012 · EU pctl 53
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 43
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)
464,569
2024 · EU pctl 30
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.
2,593
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
793
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
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)
210,627
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
64,713
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
51,520
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
41.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
2,832
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
3,153
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
2024 · EU pctl 41
Population density (persons per km²)
281 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
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
2.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
481 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,390 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
92 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
125 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 11
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 26
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