NUTS-3 NL132 · Netherlands
Zuidoost-Drenthe
Export region data (CSV)Zuidoost-Drenthe generates €7.0bn of GDP across 171.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (84th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (37th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60
Livability61.4
Market access75
Economic scale45
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability49
Diversification97
Demographic stability70
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density54
Airport access66
Market access75
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
83
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.2 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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57.5
Jobs77
Education54
Health44.5
Safety37
Connectivity76
Environment84
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 23.8%Diversified · HHI 1737
Agriculture 6.2%Industry 21.5%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.9%Public · health · education 23.8%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,268M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,345M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,057M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€373M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,114M
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
35,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 57
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,800
2024 · EU pctl 67
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)
€477M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — information & communication (J)
€67M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,122M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,492M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,800
2024 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
14,700
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,700
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
16,308
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise births
1,283
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
835
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 35
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
45 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 37
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)
3,133,900
2024 · EU pctl 78
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.
763
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
445
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
104,593
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
43,641
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
23,353
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
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
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,400
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
2,167
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
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
14.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
141 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
835 /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)
36 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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 21
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).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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