NUTS-3 NL366 · Netherlands
Population
1,511,1512025
GDP
€97,450M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,494.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL366 · RO321
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Groot-Rijnmond (Opportunity 80). Runner-up: Bucureşti (65). Contrarian pick: Bucureşti — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Digital readiness (94) · Talent & skills (93)
Red flags
Flood: 52% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Talent & skills (86)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Groot-Rijnmond
Flood: 52% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 16) — Bucureşti may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Groot-Rijnmond 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
80.0
64.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
76.5
17.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.9
43.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
32.3
4.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.7
57.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.3
85.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.2
72.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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5.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
17.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€64,487
€54,998
Population density
1,011 /km²
7,145 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€87,455M
€85,182M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€986M
€257M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,651M
€7,892M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,576M
€4,297M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,364M
€7,585M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,435M
€29,682M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
€17,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
55,400 PPS
90,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€64,700
€54,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
€34,028M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
€1,152M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
€37,853M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,969M
€4,455M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,142M
€12,849M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€23,360M
€26,352M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€17,752M
€13,414M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€72,019M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€92,511
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€34,927M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
840,200
1,131,170
Self-employed persons
133,100
32,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,200
61,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
76.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
15.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
1.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
851,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
199,554
171,204
Enterprise births
22,388
26,265
Enterprise deaths
10,536
13,465
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.6%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
9.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
40.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
47.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
31.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
13.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
96.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,108,552
4,147,853
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
63,361 kt
11,912 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,920
2,287
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
134 km/1000km²
72 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
193
134
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
987,125
1,115,857
Population aged 65+
287,922
335,013
Population aged under 15
236,104
258,321
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
42.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
30.0%
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
-7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
-3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
12.3 /1k
Live births
14,591
14,154
Deaths
13,794
21,051
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.1%
53.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
1,241 /km²
7,426 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
959,208
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
13.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
77.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
2.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
1,057 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,823 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
328 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
44.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
238 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
751 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
4 m
84 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
38 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr