NUTS-3 NL126 · Netherlands
Zuidoost-Friesland
Export region data (CSV)Zuidoost-Friesland generates €9.7bn of GDP across 191.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (72th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (45th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.2
Livability61.1
Market access74
Economic scale58
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability46
Diversification97
Demographic stability68
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)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
Airport access73
Market access74
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary77
Lifelong learning90
Knowledge workers76
Scientists & engineers74
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)
61.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs69
Education66
Health48.5
Safety45
Connectivity72
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
62.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 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 · 22.7%Diversified · HHI 1789
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 17.7%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 20%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.3%Public · health · education 22.7%
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)
€8,741M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€256M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,547M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,418M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€628M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,752M
2023 · EU pctl 58
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,800
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,000
2024 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,262M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€616M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,205M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€630M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€149M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,947M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,988M
2023 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,600
2024 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
18,700
2023 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,100
2023 · EU pctl 33
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,392
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
1,502
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
946
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 86
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
24.1%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.6%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
926,921
2024 · EU pctl 51
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
545 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 30 · 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.
732
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
382
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
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)
116,886
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
46,211
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
28,383
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
1,668
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
2,224
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.8%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
191 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 64
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,018 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
124 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
655 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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