NUTS-3 NL128 · Netherlands
Zuidwest-Friesland
Zuidwest-Friesland generates €6.0bn of GDP across 142.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +7.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (87th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (31th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness97
Air quality86
Labour market80
Talent & skills79
Freight intensity70
Economic base63
Quality of life62
Energy cost61
Growth momentum61
Industrial base55
Connectivity55
Resilience52
Cost advantage49
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)
59.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.6
Livability62.1
Market access76
Economic scale38
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)
51.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability46
Diversification98
Demographic stability54
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)
54.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density56
Airport access32
Market access76
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
86
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1011.5 µg/m³
NO26.1 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)
62.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs69
Education66
Health48.5
Safety31
Connectivity76.5
Environment87
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
60.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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: Industry · 23%Diversified · HHI 1735
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 23%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 21%
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)
€6,013M2024
9.2% 1y 7.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
142,7692025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Employment
69,5002024
2.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Gross value added
€5,396M2024
8.9% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,396M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,239M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€984M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — construction (F)
€292M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€999M
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
36,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,300
2024 · EU pctl 69
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)
€475M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — information & communication (J)
€47M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,043M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,134M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,500
2024 · EU pctl 29
Self-employed persons
17,000
2023 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,400
2023 · EU pctl 23
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)
17,417
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
1,226
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise deaths
742
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
2,039,120
2024 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
545 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,446 kt
2025 · EU pctl 40
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
659
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
462
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
63 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
71
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
85,773
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged 65+
35,764
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged under 15
21,232
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
1,202
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
1,524
2024 · EU pctl 21
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.4%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 58
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
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
-2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 15
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 11
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 67
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.9%
2021 · EU pctl 67
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