NUTS-3 FRC24 · France
Territoire de Belfort
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller59 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (-15 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)
Energy cost88
Connectivity69
Talent & skills62
Cost advantage60
Air quality59
Industrial base51
Digital readiness50
Quality of life47
Resilience42
Economic base39
Demographic outlook38
Governance38
Labour market19
Growth momentum13
Freight intensity9
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)
39
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth12.6
Livability47.4
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability56
Diversification24
Demographic stability45
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density80
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)
47.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39.5
Jobs17.5
Education70.5
Health73.5
Safety5.7
Connectivity65
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€4,530M2024
1.4% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,038M2025
0.8% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Population
140,1112025
0.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Unemployment rate
8.1%2025
52.8% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Employment
54,0002024
0.7% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Productivity / employee
€85,5002025
1.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Gross value added
€4,047M2024
0.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,038M
2025 · EU pctl 29
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,500
2025 · EU pctl 54
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,046M
2025 · EU pctl 27
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
63,100
2025 · EU pctl 22
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 54 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,505 kt
2025 · EU pctl 8
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
13 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
728
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
123,753
2100 · EU pctl 26
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
506 /100k
2024 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 37
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