NUTS-3 NL115 · Netherlands
Overig Groningen
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 64 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.
1,470
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
351
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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 54
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 14
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
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
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
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
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