NUTS-3 IE041 · Ireland
Population
441,9402025
GDP
€14,341M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
11,509.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
IE041 · NL362
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Delft en Westland (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: Border (58). Contrarian pick: Border — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Economic base (94) · Digital readiness (94)
Red flags
Industrial base (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) — Border may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Delft en Westland 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
58.1
77.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.0
87.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.0
71.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.0
72.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.5
93.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
81.2
63.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.1% 5y
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Population
1.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,449
€68,576
Population density
38 /km²
1,607 /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)
€13,655M
€15,171M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€626M
€1,196M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,911M
€1,755M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,585M
€1,100M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,006M
€718M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,821M
€3,684M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,200
€26,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
58,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
€68,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,935M
€47,953M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,209M
€3,533M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€18,607M
€103,312M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€913M
€998M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€449M
€687M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,774M
€3,686M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,518M
€2,876M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,543M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,236
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,754M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
189,410
161,100
Self-employed persons
32,660
22,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,230
8,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.5%
84.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
11.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
228,300
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,728
30,757
Enterprise births
3,186
3,039
Enterprise deaths
3,596
1,396
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
7.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
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Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.3%
5.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
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Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
53.2%
47.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
61.2%
56.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.0%
26.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
33.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
13.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.8%
99.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,562,299
839,679
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
458 /1k
440 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,538 kt
10,118 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,028
323
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
5 km/1000km²
134 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
233
131
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
12
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)
276,032
164,430
Population aged 65+
77,493
46,499
Population aged under 15
88,415
35,583
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
38.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
28.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
7.2 /1k
8.2 /1k
Live births
4,303
2,165
Deaths
3,189
2,009
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
49.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
39 /km²
1,596 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
591,057
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.7%
17.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.9%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
276 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
885 /100k
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Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
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Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
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Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
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Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
58 /M
28 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.71
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.50
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.65
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.81
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.212/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.057/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
24 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
3 days/yr