NUTS-3 FRF32 · France
Meuse
Export region data (CSV)Meuse generates €4.8bn of GDP across 178.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (65.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
38.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.8
Livability42.5
Market access45
Economic scale29
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability40
Diversification68
Demographic stability19
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access20
Market access45
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary78
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers59
Scientists & engineers23
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.7 µg/m³
PM1014 µg/m³
NO29.7 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)
42.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29.5
Jobs18
Education45.5
Health57
Safety30
Connectivity52.5
Environment65.3
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
35.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.9 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 · 30.4%Diversified · HHI 2143
Agriculture 5.9%Industry 19.8%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 12.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.1%Public · health · education 30.4%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,264M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€252M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€844M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€766M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — construction (F)
€298M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€548M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,600
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,700
2024 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,068M
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,764M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,107M
2024 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€685M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — information & communication (J)
€18M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,026M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,296M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Labour market
Employment, total persons
63,300
2024 · EU pctl 25
Self-employed persons
7,800
2024 · EU pctl 27
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,500
2024 · EU pctl 24
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,969
2023 · EU pctl 36
Enterprise births
1,122
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise deaths
906
2023 · EU pctl 47
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.7%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
334,198
2025 · EU pctl 21
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,339
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
751
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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)
104,578
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
45,997
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
27,630
2025 · EU pctl 41
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 59
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of total population change
-6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,297
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
2,164
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
29 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
570 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
946 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
410 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,219 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
208 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 41
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
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 45
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