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NUTS-3 NL423 · Netherlands
Zuid-Limburg
Population
600,1492025
GDP
€29,224M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
662.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
73.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
65.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
78.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€48,695
Population density
906 /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)
€26,227M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€137M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,961M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,187M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,754M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,700
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)
€2,032M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€846M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,823M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,948M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,700
Self-employed persons
50,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,800
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)
58,654
Enterprise births
4,953
Enterprise deaths
3,064
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.6%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
55
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
91 /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)
5,746,388
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.
1,962
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
327
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
369,339
Population aged 65+
158,360
Population aged under 15
72,450
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
Live births
4,289
Deaths
7,607
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
922 /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
33.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
208 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,385 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
87 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr