NUTS-3 FRC24 · France
Territoire de Belfort
Export region data (CSV)Territoire de Belfort generates €4.5bn of GDP across 140.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (73.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (5.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth12.6
Livability47.3
Market access69
Economic scale27
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability56
Diversification24
Demographic stability44
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access58
Market access69
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary64
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers41
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1011.4 µg/m³
NO215 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)
47.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39.5
Jobs17.5
Education70.5
Health73.5
Safety5.7
Connectivity64.5
Environment60
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
12.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+2.6 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.1%Diversified · HHI 2444
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 18%Construction 4.7%Trade · transport · ICT 16.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.1%Public · health · education 29.6%
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)
€4,047M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€728M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€700M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€191M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€652M
2024 · EU pctl 22
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,700
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,900
2024 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,575M
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,453M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€19,541M
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€747M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,257M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,196M
2024 · EU pctl 39
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,000
2024 · EU pctl 19
Self-employed persons
4,900
2024 · EU pctl 12
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,000
2024 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.5%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.5%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,360
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise births
996
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
798
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.6%
2023 · EU pctl 96
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.5%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
309,330
2025 · EU pctl 19
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,020
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
728
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
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)
86,273
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
30,480
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged under 15
23,358
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 17
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
1,214
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
1,369
2024 · EU pctl 17
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
233 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
506 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
853 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,029 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
4,590 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
360 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
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 14
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
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