NUTS-3 NL211 · Netherlands
Population
390,2592025
GDP
€22,466M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,507.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL211 · FRK21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Noord-Overijssel (Opportunity 76). Runner-up: Ain (64). Contrarian pick: Ain — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 90).
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Strengths
Talent & skills (90) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Noord-Overijssel
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 27) — Ain may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Noord-Overijssel leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
75.7
63.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
75.5
73.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.4
60.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
76.5
68.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
87.0
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.2
55.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,567
€31,102
Population density
259 /km²
120 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,988
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
193
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,162M
€19,246M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€558M
€277M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,978M
€4,922M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,362M
€3,635M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,495M
€1,326M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,083M
€3,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,600
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,500 PPS
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,800
€31,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,713M
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,481M
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,186M
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,352M
€3,671M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€375M
€181M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,246M
€5,616M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,341M
€3,817M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,587M
€19,242M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€99,122
€92,456
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,841M
€4,857M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
237,000
237,300
Self-employed persons
36,600
29,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,900
39,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.6%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.4%
16.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
221,200
331,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
41,233
45,285
Enterprise births
3,509
6,149
Enterprise deaths
1,836
4,795
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
5.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.9%
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.3%
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.9%
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.3%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.7%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,941,297
2,369,876
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
529 /1k
—
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,259
3,108
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,306 kt
16,993 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
54 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
323
449
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
248,071
426,826
Population aged 65+
76,583
134,758
Population aged under 15
65,605
130,582
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
41.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.9%
31.6%
Crude rate of total population change
6.8 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.2 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
7.8 /1k
Live births
3,970
6,214
Deaths
3,390
5,405
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
270 /km²
123 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
385,816
708,642
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.8%
18.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.2%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,030 /100k
771 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
258 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.1 /100k
24.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
572 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
908 /100k
1,245 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1 m
273 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
24 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
45 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr