NUTS-3 NL131 · Netherlands
Noord-Drenthe
Export region data (CSV)Noord-Drenthe generates €8.8bn of GDP across 197.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (77th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (37th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70.2
Livability57.7
Market access73
Economic scale54
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability73
Labour stability49
Diversification81
Demographic stability73
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)
68.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access90
Market access73
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary46
Lifelong learning91
Knowledge workers67
Scientists & engineers78
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)
57.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs77
Education54
Health44.5
Safety37
Connectivity70.5
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
70.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.8 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 · 34%Diversified · HHI 2069
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 10.3%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.8%Public · health · education 34%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,887M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€287M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€815M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€582M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€390M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,238M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,600
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,600
2024 · EU pctl 74
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,520M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€407M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,176M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€663M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — information & communication (J)
€128M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,800M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,683M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Labour market
Employment, total persons
96,500
2024 · EU pctl 43
Self-employed persons
17,600
2023 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,700
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,102
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
1,532
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
989
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 85
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
9
2012 · EU pctl 39
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 38
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.2%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.7%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
100.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,483,104
2024 · EU pctl 81
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
571 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 38 · 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.
657
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
333
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
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)
118,075
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
50,358
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
28,677
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
1,521
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
2,356
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.9%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.3%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,044 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
264 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
120 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
840 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
55 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
13 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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