NUTS-3 BE353 · Belgium
Arr. Philippeville
Arr. Philippeville generates €1.7bn of GDP across 68.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (98.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (16.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard29 → 27 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Connectivity79
Talent & skills79
Energy cost69
Growth momentum50
Governance49
Quality of life47
Resilience46
Cost advantage39
Demographic outlook26
Freight intensity16
Economic base14
Labour market14
Digital readiness11
Industrial base4
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)
44
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability46.8
Market access74
Economic scale5
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)
45.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability57
Diversification8
Demographic stability54
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access68
Market access74
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)
98
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.2 µg/m³
PM107.3 µg/m³
NO23 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
Economy37.5
Jobs16.5
Education58.5
Health37
Safety26
Connectivity53.5
Environment98.7
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 41.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2763
Agriculture 3%Industry 6.6%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27%Public · health · education 41.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,706M2024
3.9% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,465M2025
0.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Population
68,1362025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
18.2% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
18,9002024
0.5% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Productivity / employee
€93,0692025
3.2% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Gross value added
€1,544M2024
3.9% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,544M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€46M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€101M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — construction (F)
€102M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€243M
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
22,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 14
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,000
2024 · EU pctl 28
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)
€249M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€417M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€635M
2024 · EU pctl 15
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,465M
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,069
2025 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€376M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,900
2024 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
4,900
2024 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,000
2024 · EU pctl 1
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)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,600
2025 · EU pctl 5
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)
153,164
2024 · EU pctl 8
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
515 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
967 kt
2025 · EU pctl 3
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
813
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,193
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
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.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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)
43,372
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged 65+
14,718
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged under 15
10,046
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
543
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
769
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 30
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
52,863
2100 · EU pctl 6
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
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
703 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
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)
179 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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 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.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
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 54
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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