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NUTS-3 NL421 · Netherlands
Noord-Limburg
Population
291,3872025
GDP
€16,575M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
858.9 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
76.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
74.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
78.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
72.0

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€56,883
Population density
339 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 69 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,875M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€982M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,745M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,540M
GVA — construction (F)
€513M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,050M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,196M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,730M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,017M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€160M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,976M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,724M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
174,400
Self-employed persons
25,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,303
Enterprise births
2,429
Enterprise deaths
1,396
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
46
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
165 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
22.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,225,252
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
545 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
757
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
260
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
181,169
Population aged 65+
71,285
Population aged under 15
38,933
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
Live births
2,381
Deaths
3,052
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
347 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.6 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,066 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
223 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,240 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
25 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr