NUTS-3 NL328 · Netherlands
Alkmaar en omgeving
Export region data (CSV)Alkmaar en omgeving generates €12bn of GDP across 257.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.3%/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)
72.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.4
Livability71
Market access87
Economic scale66
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability67
Diversification85
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access69
Market access87
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)
71
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety57
Connectivity64.5
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
65.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 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. · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2032
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 9.9%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%Public · health · education 26.4%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,489M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,043M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€839M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€604M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,270M
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
39,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,500
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
€1,150M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — information & communication (J)
€310M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,841M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,768M
2023 · EU pctl 72
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,500
2024 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
24,900
2023 · EU pctl 64
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,200
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
33,304
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,827
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
1,653
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
1,817,812
2024 · EU pctl 67
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.
561
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
218
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
159,942
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged 65+
59,492
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
38,272
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
2,283
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
2,563
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
857 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
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
27.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,247 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
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