NUTS-3 NL321 · Netherlands
Kop van Noord-Holland
Kop van Noord-Holland generates €17bn of GDP across 388.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 74.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (56.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable57 → 66 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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)
Talent & skills97
Labour market95
Digital readiness95
Governance91
Resilience78
Quality of life73
Air quality71
Growth momentum68
Economic base64
Energy cost61
Connectivity57
Freight intensity47
Demographic outlook42
Cost advantage25
Industrial base24
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)
74.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth68
Livability72.5
Market access82
Economic scale77
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability70
Labour stability67
Diversification98
Demographic stability77
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density39
Airport access49
Market access82
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)
96.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary97
Lifelong learning96
Knowledge workers97
Scientists & engineers96
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)
71.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO210.1 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)
72.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety66
Connectivity67
Environment72.7
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
68
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 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 · 25%Diversified · HHI 1725
Agriculture 6.9%Industry 14.1%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 25%
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)
€16,679M2024
7.6% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€14,299M2025
1.4% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Population
388,7262025
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
192,0002024
2.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Productivity / employee
€90,8342025
4.7% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Gross value added
€14,968M2024
7.4% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,968M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,029M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,105M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,672M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€1,066M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,026M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,000
2024 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€41,901M
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,039M
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€104,822M
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,384M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — information & communication (J)
€125M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,967M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,749M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,299M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,834
2025 · EU pctl 67
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,139M
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
192,000
2024 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
40,700
2023 · EU pctl 81
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,000
2023 · EU pctl 41
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.4%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
215,600
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
45,038
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
3,771
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
2,083
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 93
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
52.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
27.4%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
36.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.2%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,209,430
2024 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
428 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · 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.
1,116
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,562 kt
2025 · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
287
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
108 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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)
240,192
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
91,323
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged under 15
57,211
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Live births
3,569
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
3,969
2024 · EU pctl 64
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
351 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 77
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
362,580
2100 · EU pctl 72
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
990 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
143 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
887 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
-4 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)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 78
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
29.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.9%
2021 · EU pctl 59
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