NUTS-3 NL213 · Netherlands
Twente
Twente generates €34bn of GDP across 643.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 78.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (80th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (40th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser65 → 82 EU percentile since 1995 (+17 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 readiness98
Labour market92
Governance91
Talent & skills87
Economic base84
Air quality78
Resilience75
Quality of life66
Growth momentum62
Energy cost61
Demographic outlook55
Connectivity54
Industrial base45
Cost advantage42
Freight intensity38
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)
78.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62
Livability66.2
Market access93
Economic scale91
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)
74.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability51
Diversification96
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access32
Market access93
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)
87
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary84
Lifelong learning91
Knowledge workers83
Scientists & engineers90
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)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.2 µg/m³
PM1013.5 µg/m³
NO27.6 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)
66.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71
Jobs80
Education78
Health48
Safety40
Connectivity68
Environment78.3
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 22.5%Diversified · HHI 1805
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 17.1%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 21.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 22.5%
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)
€33,949M2024
8.4% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€28,086M2025
1.4% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
643,6032025
0.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
8.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
354,2002024
0.5% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Productivity / employee
€100,2242025
4.7% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Gross value added
€30,467M2024
8.1% 1y 6.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,467M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,211M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,924M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€2,345M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,537M
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
45,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 84
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,900
2024 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,713M
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,481M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€29,186M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,221M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,065M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,706M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,849M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,086M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,224
2025 · EU pctl 81
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,316M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour market
Employment, total persons
354,200
2024 · EU pctl 89
Self-employed persons
52,100
2023 · EU pctl 88
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,600
2023 · EU pctl 81
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.6%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
364,600
2025 · EU pctl 89
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
65,341
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
5,952
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
3,312
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 91
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.3%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
24.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.3%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.7%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,983,009
2024 · EU pctl 83
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
529 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,285 kt
2025 · EU pctl 79
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,799
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
280
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
54 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 88 · 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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
408,845
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
140,114
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
94,644
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
5,679
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
6,786
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
428 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 80
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
655,971
2100 · EU pctl 87
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,030 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
258 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
180 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,130 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
46 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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)
12 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 36
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 18
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 37
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
246 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.9%
2021 · EU pctl 36
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