NUTS-3 NL115 · Netherlands
Overig Groningen
Overig Groningen generates €26bn of GDP across 418.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 68.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.7%/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).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness96
Talent & skills92
Economic base91
Connectivity66
Labour market64
Growth momentum63
Quality of life62
Energy cost61
Air quality57
Freight intensity53
Cost advantage52
Resilience48
Industrial base9
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
68.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.6
Livability61.8
Market access63
Economic scale86
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)
47.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability51
Diversification48
Demographic stability82
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
Airport access92
Market access63
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
57
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1017 µg/m³
NO210.4 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
61.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs56.5
Education88
Health31.5
Safety59
Connectivity70
Environment58.3
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
62.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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: Public · health · education · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2261
Agriculture 2%Industry 24.2%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.6%Public · health · education 31.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€25,507M2024
2.1% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Population
418,8472025
0.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
242,2002024
1.4% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€22,891M2024
1.9% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,891M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€468M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,551M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,351M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€899M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,906M
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
52,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 91
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€60,900
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
€1,420M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,280M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,494M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,155M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
242,200
2024 · EU pctl 79
Self-employed persons
36,200
2023 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,100
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
45,807
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
4,387
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise deaths
2,167
2023 · EU pctl 71
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.3%
2023 · EU pctl 99
Innovation & R&D
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)
1,327,387
2024 · EU pctl 59
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.
1,445
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,285 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
345
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
46 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
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)
284,389
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
80,195
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
54,263
2025 · EU pctl 69
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.2%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of total population change
1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
3,380
2024 · EU pctl 74
Deaths
3,880
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
326 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
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
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
-1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 67
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 68
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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