NUTS-3 NL342 · Netherlands
Population
286,8442025
GDP
€14,745M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,172 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL342 · FRI33
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Overig Zeeland (Opportunity 74). Runner-up: Deux-Sèvres (49). Contrarian pick: Deux-Sèvres — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Why you might not pick Overig Zeeland
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 28) — Deux-Sèvres may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Overig Zeeland 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
74.0
48.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
74.3
66.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.9
49.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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79.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.7
22.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
67.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
71.2
42.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.2% 5y
5.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,405
€34,764
Population density
245 /km²
62 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
2,464
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
198
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,233M
€11,633M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€591M
€605M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,399M
€1,869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,597M
€1,542M
GVA — construction (F)
€744M
€726M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,782M
€2,127M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,700
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,200 PPS
32,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,600
€34,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,161M
€14,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€771M
€1,666M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,187M
€31,119M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,052M
€1,624M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€180M
€353M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,554M
€3,670M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,693M
€2,637M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,620M
€11,598M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,043
€82,588
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,814M
€3,006M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,200
160,800
Self-employed persons
30,000
18,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,600
21,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.7%
74.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.9%
19.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.1%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
153,900
162,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,332
20,774
Enterprise births
2,700
2,601
Enterprise deaths
1,472
2,042
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.9%
1.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
40.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.7%
46.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
23.2%
13.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
95.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,441,570
731,359
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
554 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
657
852
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,575 kt
16,113 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
49 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
229
227
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
193
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,157
220,310
Population aged 65+
70,146
95,589
Population aged under 15
43,541
58,941
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.5%
43.4%
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
2,515
2,847
Deaths
3,182
4,447
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.7%
70.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.62
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
270 /km²
62 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
278,874
319,486
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.8%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
13.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
493 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
998 /100k
848 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
247 /100k
226 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.9 /100k
25.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
413 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,064 /100k
1,034 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
48 /M
68 /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)
6 m
206 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
22 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr