NUTS-3 NL325 · Netherlands
Zaanstreek
Opportunity69Momentum67Resilience80Quality of life67vs nearest peer: Arr. Verviers — communes francophones →
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 livability. 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable76 → 64 EU percentile since 1995 (-12 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
Demographic outlook84
Resilience80
Freight intensity76
Connectivity72
Quality of life67
Growth momentum67
Energy cost61
Economic base60
Industrial base57
Air quality46
Cost advantage25
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)
68.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67
Livability67.1
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
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)
67.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy67.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety57.5
Connectivity65
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€7,433M2024
6.4% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,373M2025
1.4% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Population
179,2492025
0.7% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
2.6% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
78,6002024
0.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Productivity / employee
€98,8972025
4.7% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€6,671M2024
6.1% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,373M
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,897
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,399M
2025 · EU pctl 38
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
104,400
2025 · EU pctl 43
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
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.
412
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,557 kt
2025 · EU pctl 52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
108 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
230
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
176,249
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
10.4%
2021 · EU pctl 88
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