NUTS-3 NL327 · Netherlands
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek
Export region data (CSV)Het Gooi en Vechtstreek generates €16bn of GDP across 245.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 79.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.8%/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 health (56.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
79.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.2
Livability74.2
Market access97
Economic scale76
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)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability67
Diversification8
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access79
Market access97
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
74.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy82.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety65.5
Connectivity65
Environment—
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
69.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 35.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2790
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 4%Construction 2.2%Trade · transport · ICT 35.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 33.1%Public · health · education 19.8%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,225M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€12M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€566M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€488M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€319M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,093M
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
50,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,400
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
€1,590M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,342M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,706M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,821M
2023 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
142,900
2024 · EU pctl 60
Self-employed persons
30,200
2023 · EU pctl 71
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,800
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
42,088
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise births
3,356
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
2,046
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 90
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
18
2012 · EU pctl 51
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 46
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)
335,335
2024 · EU pctl 21
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.
599
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
244
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
149,869
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
54,808
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
41,006
2025 · EU pctl 57
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
2,134
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
2,790
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
1,220 /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
16.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
167 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
902 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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