NUTS-3 NL126 · Netherlands
Zuidoost-Friesland
Zuidoost-Friesland generates €9.7bn of GDP across 191.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.9/100 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 (73th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (45th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser63 → 77 EU percentile since 1995 (+13 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness97
Governance91
Economic base81
Labour market80
Talent & skills79
Freight intensity73
Resilience68
Connectivity65
Growth momentum62
Quality of life61
Energy cost61
Cost advantage49
Demographic outlook46
Industrial base46
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)
63.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.2
Livability61.3
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
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)
61.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs69
Education66
Health48.5
Safety45
Connectivity73
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€9,740M2024
7.9% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,865M2025
1.4% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Population
191,4802025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
105,6002024
1.5% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Productivity / employee
€96,4432025
4.6% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Gross value added
€8,741M2024
7.7% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
All indicators · 82 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,865M
2025 · EU pctl 56
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€96,443
2025 · EU pctl 77
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,211M
2025 · EU pctl 59
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
104,000
2025 · EU pctl 43
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.
759
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,658 kt
2025 · EU pctl 53
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
63 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
396
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,301
2100 · EU pctl 38
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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
2022 · EU pctl 57
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
2022 · EU pctl 93
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
2022 · EU pctl 91
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
2022 · EU pctl 91
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
2022 · EU pctl 82
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
47.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 18
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