NUTS-3 NL32B · Netherlands
Groot-Amsterdam
Groot-Amsterdam generates €172bn of GDP across 1.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 84.6/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (96th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (40.7th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Economic base99
Talent & skills97
Labour market95
Digital readiness95
Connectivity73
Quality of life73
Growth momentum70
Energy cost61
Resilience54
Air quality40
Cost advantage25
Freight intensity21
Industrial base4
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)
84.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70.4
Livability73
Market access96
Economic scale99
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability67
Diversification5
Demographic stability92
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density32
Airport access92
Market access96
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)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.4 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO218.9 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)
73
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy87
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety88
Connectivity63.5
Environment40.7
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
70.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
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. · 43.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2974
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 5.5%Construction 2.1%Trade · transport · ICT 29.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 43.2%Public · health · education 14.1%
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)
€172,452M2024
5.9% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Population
1,480,8142025
0.5% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Employment
1,137,9002024
0.6% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Gross value added
€154,765M2024
5.6% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€154,765M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€365M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,462M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,722M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — construction (F)
€3,265M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,776M
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
101,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,500
2024 · EU pctl 99
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)
€10,391M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15,041M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€66,831M
2023 · EU pctl 100
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€21,874M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,137,900
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
162,700
2023 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,900
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
276,005
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
29,147
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
14,327
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.5%
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
27,583,942
2024 · EU pctl 99
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
428 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,809 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,854
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
193
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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.
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
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)
1,035,513
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
238,358
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged under 15
206,943
2025 · EU pctl 96
Median age of population
38.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of total population change
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
14,502
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
10,486
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
1,985 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 95
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
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
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)
3 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.1%
2021 · EU pctl 89
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