NUTS-3 NL221 · Netherlands
Veluwe
Veluwe generates €41bn of GDP across 726.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 81.4/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (86th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (41th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader75 → 85 EU percentile since 1995 (+10 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 readiness94
Labour market92
Governance91
Talent & skills90
Economic base87
Resilience83
Demographic outlook81
Growth momentum70
Quality of life67
Air quality65
Energy cost61
Connectivity54
Freight intensity51
Cost advantage38
Industrial base27
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)
81.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.8
Livability66.9
Market access96
Economic scale93
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)
83
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability64
Diversification95
Demographic stability89
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 density34
Airport access33
Market access96
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)
89.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary89
Lifelong learning93
Knowledge workers87
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)
64.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1014.5 µg/m³
NO28.8 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)
66.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy74.5
Jobs84.5
Education86
Health52.5
Safety41
Connectivity64
Environment66
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
69.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 25.3%Diversified · HHI 1879
Agriculture 1.9%Industry 12.4%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.3%Public · health · education 24%
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)
€40,884M2024
8.8% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€33,821M2025
1.4% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Population
726,8912025
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
2.9% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
414,2002024
1.3% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Productivity / employee
€103,2152025
4.7% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Gross value added
€36,691M2024
8.5% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€36,691M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€700M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,533M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,295M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€2,677M
2023 · EU pctl 96
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,801M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,500
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 87
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
2024 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€23,257M
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,035M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€50,437M
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,960M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,064M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,291M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,808M
2023 · EU pctl 94
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€33,821M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,215
2025 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,045M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
414,200
2024 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
69,000
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,700
2023 · EU pctl 76
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · 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)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
408,500
2025 · EU pctl 92
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
85,872
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
7,279
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
3,919
2023 · EU pctl 83
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 91
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.1%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
53.8%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
25.7%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
30.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,814,696
2024 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
523 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · 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.
1,654
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,902 kt
2025 · EU pctl 89
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
81 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
228
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
452,711
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
154,843
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
119,337
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of total population change
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
7,125
2024 · EU pctl 93
Deaths
6,943
2024 · EU pctl 87
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
395 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 80
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
738,891
2100 · EU pctl 90
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,014 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
249 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
173 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
901 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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)
40 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 47
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 25
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 46
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
274 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.3%
2021 · EU pctl 69
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