NUTS-3 NL342 · Netherlands
Overig Zeeland
Export region data (CSV)Overig Zeeland generates €15bn of GDP across 286.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 74.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.3%/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 safety (38th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
74.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.4
Livability62.9
Market access88
Economic scale74
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)
74.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability74
Diversification91
Demographic stability80
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access36
Market access88
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
62.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy70.5
Jobs97
Education46
Health56.5
Safety38
Connectivity63
Environment69
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
71.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 25.7%Diversified · HHI 1940
Agriculture 4.5%Industry 25.7%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 20.4%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,233M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€591M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,399M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,597M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€744M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,782M
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
44,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,600
2024 · EU pctl 85
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)
€1,052M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — information & communication (J)
€180M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,554M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,693M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,200
2024 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
30,000
2023 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,600
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
32,332
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,700
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
1,472
2023 · EU pctl 61
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
2023 · EU pctl 95
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
14
2012 · EU pctl 46
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 39
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)
9,441,570
2024 · EU pctl 94
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.
657
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
229
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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)
173,157
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
70,146
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged under 15
43,541
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
2,515
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
3,182
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.62
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
270 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
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
19.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,064 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
48 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
6 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 68
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