NUTS-3 NL112 · Netherlands
Population
44,7952025
GDP
€2,483M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
273.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL112 · DEB24
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vulkaneifel (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Delfzijl en omgeving (42). Contrarian pick: Delfzijl en omgeving — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Digital readiness (96) · Freight intensity (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Vulkaneifel
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 25) — Delfzijl en omgeving may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vulkaneifel · Manufacturing → Delfzijl en omgeving · Office → Delfzijl en omgeving · Residential → Vulkaneifel.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
41.9
53.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
21.3
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.0
71.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
75.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.5
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
34.6
45.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€55,422
€41,817
Population density
164 /km²
65 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,228M
€2,266M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
€46M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€802M
€637M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€566M
€539M
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
€161M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€672M
€365M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,100
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,300 PPS
37,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
€41,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,193M
€5,179M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€504M
€716M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,058M
€10,498M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€116M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€331M
€401M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€307M
€655M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,732M
€2,091M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€128,506
€83,468
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€512M
€642M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
20,200
31,200
Self-employed persons
3,700
2,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,900
6,220
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
82.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
2.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
23,000
29,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,537
2,348
Enterprise births
326
189
Enterprise deaths
162
192
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.0%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.3%
35.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.8%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.2%
21.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
123,559
1,385,526
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
667 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
250
458
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,806 kt
5,800 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
558
772
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
46 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,765
35,942
Population aged 65+
11,945
15,649
Population aged under 15
6,085
7,722
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
43.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.9 /1k
-3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
15.0 /1k
Live births
374
412
Deaths
577
892
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
65.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
65 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
31,808
51,172
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
25.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.6%
21.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
986 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
264 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
18.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
220 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
36 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
625 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
90 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr