NUTS-3 NL112 · Netherlands
Delfzijl en omgeving
Export region data (CSV)Delfzijl en omgeving generates €2.5bn of GDP across 44.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +1.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (31.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
41.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.6
Livability63.9
Market access58
Economic scale11
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
21.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability0
Labour stability51
Diversification12
Demographic stability22
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density65
Airport access80
Market access58
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
91.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary96
Lifelong learning95
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers86
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
63.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy67
Jobs56.5
Education88
Health31.5
Safety60
Connectivity80.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
34.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
-3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+4.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-5.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 36%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2649
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 36%Construction 3.8%Trade · transport · ICT 30.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.9%Public · health · education 13.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,228M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€802M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€566M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€672M
2023 · EU pctl 23
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,100
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
2024 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,193M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€504M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,058M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€116M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€331M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€307M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
20,200
2024 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
3,700
2023 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,900
2023 · EU pctl 5
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,537
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise births
326
2023 · EU pctl 14
Enterprise deaths
162
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
2023 · EU pctl 97
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 17
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 36
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
45.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.5%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
123,559
2024 · EU pctl 5
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
507 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
248
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
554
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,765
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
11,945
2025 · EU pctl 4
Population aged under 15
6,085
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
374
2024 · EU pctl 3
Deaths
577
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 59
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,078 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
264 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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