NUTS-3 NL341 · Netherlands
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen
Export region data (CSV)Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen generates €5.9bn of GDP across 106.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (97th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (41th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.4
Livability61.7
Market access92
Economic scale37
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)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability74
Diversification95
Demographic stability55
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access40
Market access92
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)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary57
Lifelong learning90
Knowledge workers51
Scientists & engineers65
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.8 µg/m³
PM1016 µg/m³
NO211.9 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)
61.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs97
Education46
Health56.5
Safety53
Connectivity66
Environment41
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
63.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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: Industry · 30.3%Diversified · HHI 1879
Agriculture 5.7%Industry 30.3%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.8%Public · health · education 15.7%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,278M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€300M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,597M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,492M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€317M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,092M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,700
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,500
2024 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,161M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€771M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€8,187M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — information & communication (J)
€43M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€781M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€831M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,700
2024 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
10,200
2023 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,000
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.7%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.9%
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,017
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
813
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise deaths
538
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 86
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 32
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 44
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.7%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,783,862
2024 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
554 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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.
318
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
300
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
63,191
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged 65+
28,955
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
13,979
2025 · EU pctl 15
Median age of population
50.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 85
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Live births
819
2024 · EU pctl 18
Deaths
1,321
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
143 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 54
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.8%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
998 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
247 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
48 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 61
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 46
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 49
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