NUTS 3

Arr. Leuven

Region of Belgium · NUTS code BE242

Among 44 NUTS 3 regions of Belgium, Arr. Leuven ranks best in gdp per capita (13th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Arr. Leuven vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
49,800 €/inh.
+900 vs 2023
13th of 44 in the country
Belgium 53,930 €/inh. · -8%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
453.4 /km²
+3.4 vs 2023
13th of 36 in the country
Belgium 389.1 /km² · +17%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
7.0 ‰
−1.0 vs 2023
8th of 44 in the country
Belgium 6.0 ‰ · +17%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
8.1 ‰
−0.5 vs 2023
4th of 44 in the country
Belgium 6.4 ‰ · +27%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
43.4 years
0 vs 2024
19th of 44 in the country
Belgium 42.1 years · +3%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
21.6 %
+0.3 vs 2024
16th of 44 in the country
Belgium 20.2 % · +7%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

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Society

Tourist nights
1,638 per 1,000
25th of 44 in the country
Belgium 3,882 per 1,000 · -58%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Arr. Leuven belongs to.

Population
1,205,743
+8,052 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
83.9 years
+0.1 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
5.5 %
+1.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
32,200 €/inh.
+500 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
77.1 %
+2.4 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
26 per mn
−2 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
56.7 %
+5.7 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.47
−0.04 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
7.4 %
+0.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
1.3 %
−4.0 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
413 per 100k
+4 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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