NUTS-3 NL327 · Netherlands
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader92 → 90 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Demographic outlook96
Labour market95
Digital readiness95
Governance91
Economic base90
Quality of life74
Connectivity71
Growth momentum69
Energy cost61
Resilience50
Cost advantage25
Freight intensity9
Industrial base3
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)
79.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.2
Livability74.3
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability68
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
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)
74.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy82.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety65.5
Connectivity65.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€15,851M2024
5.5% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,589M2025
1.4% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
245,6832025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
142,9002024
1.3% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Productivity / employee
€115,9862025
4.7% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Gross value added
€14,225M2024
5.2% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 82 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,589M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€115,986
2025 · EU pctl 92
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,983M
2025 · EU pctl 70
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
134,500
2025 · EU pctl 53
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
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.
597
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,653 kt
2025 · EU pctl 17
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
243
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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.
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 68
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
239,798
2100 · EU pctl 55
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.6%
2021 · EU pctl 32
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