NUTS-3 NL325 · Netherlands
Zaanstreek
Export region data (CSV)Zaanstreek generates €7.4bn of GDP across 179.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 68.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.9%/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 clean environment (47.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
68.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67
Livability67
Market access94
Economic scale47
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)
79.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability67
Diversification93
Demographic stability83
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access88
Market access94
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.8 µg/m³
PM1014.1 µg/m³
NO218.3 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)
67
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy67.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety57.5
Connectivity64.5
Environment47.7
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
67
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 23.1%Diversified · HHI 1912
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 19.4%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 21.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.1%Public · health · education 21.9%
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)
€6,671M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,292M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,254M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — construction (F)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,431M
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
35,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
€700M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — information & communication (J)
€92M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,540M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,459M
2023 · EU pctl 48
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,600
2024 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
16,800
2023 · EU pctl 52
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,900
2023 · EU pctl 21
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)
23,450
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
2,496
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
1,192
2023 · EU pctl 54
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
2023 · EU pctl 98
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
10
2012 · EU pctl 39
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
58 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 41
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)
471,112
2024 · EU pctl 31
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.
415
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
232
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
116,259
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged 65+
34,556
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
28,434
2025 · EU pctl 42
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.7%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
1,757
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
1,692
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.2%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
1,464 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 93
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
45.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,230 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 42
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 81
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