NUTS-3 NL323 · Netherlands
IJmond
Export region data (CSV)IJmond generates €8.7bn of GDP across 202.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/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 clean environment (25.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.8
Livability64.9
Market access93
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)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability67
Diversification90
Demographic stability65
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)
69
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access83
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)
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.9 µg/m³
PM1018 µg/m³
NO217.6 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)
64.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy69.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety64
Connectivity63
Environment25.7
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
46.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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: Industry · 25.3%Diversified · HHI 1961
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 25.3%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 19.3%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,813M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€69M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,974M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,394M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€514M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,367M
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
37,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,100
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)
€855M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — information & communication (J)
€76M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,913M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,509M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Labour market
Employment, total persons
92,200
2024 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
18,300
2023 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,700
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,427
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise births
2,255
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
1,274
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
2023 · EU pctl 97
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
30
2012 · EU pctl 66
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
155 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
833,336
2024 · EU pctl 47
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.
352
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
174
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
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)
126,405
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged 65+
45,779
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
30,307
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of total population change
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,884
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
2,272
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
2024 · EU pctl 87
Population density (persons per km²)
1,239 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 92
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
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
24.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
147 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
957 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
4 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 73
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 78
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