NUTS-3 NL362 · Netherlands
Population
246,5122025
GDP
€16,905M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
153.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL362 · IE063
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Delft en Westland (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: Midland (70). Contrarian pick: Midland — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Economic base (94) · Digital readiness (94)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Midland
Strengths
Demographic outlook (96) · Talent & skills (93)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Delft en Westland
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 12) — Midland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Delft en Westland · Manufacturing → Delft en Westland · Office → Delft en Westland · Residential → Midland.
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
77.0
70.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
87.8
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.2
68.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.7
36.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.3
93.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.6
89.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
7.9% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€68,576
€40,006
Population density
1,607 /km²
50 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,171M
€12,642M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,196M
€609M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,755M
€3,286M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
€2,796M
GVA — construction (F)
€718M
€709M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,684M
€2,439M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
€28,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
58,900 PPS
34,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€68,700
€40,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
€79,048M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
€19,258M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
€82,802M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€998M
€571M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€687M
€352M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,686M
€2,082M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,876M
€3,518M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€12,577M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€104,596
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€3,401M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
161,100
141,220
Self-employed persons
22,700
21,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,300
15,380
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
12.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
179,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,757
19,204
Enterprise births
3,039
2,206
Enterprise deaths
1,396
2,413
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.1%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
11.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
63.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
70.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
36.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
14.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
96.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
839,679
1,745,549
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
426 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,118 kt
9,114 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
323
654
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
134 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
131
197
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
164,430
217,851
Population aged 65+
46,499
51,331
Population aged under 15
35,583
62,687
Median age of population
38.9 yrs
39.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.3%
23.6%
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
-2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
6.3 /1k
Live births
2,165
3,338
Deaths
2,009
2,075
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
52.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.62
Population density (persons per km²)
1,596 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
430,541
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
10.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
907 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
10.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
208 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
1,022 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M
22 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
70 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
19 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr