NUTS-3 NL350 · Netherlands
Utrecht
Export region data (CSV)Utrecht generates €106bn of GDP across 1.4m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 83.2/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (98th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (43.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
83.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability73.4
Market access99
Economic scale98
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)
81.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability100
Diversification45
Demographic stability86
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)
67.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access68
Market access99
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)
98
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary98
Lifelong learning97
Knowledge workers98
Scientists & engineers99
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)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.4 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO214 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)
73.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy87.5
Jobs81.5
Education98
Health65
Safety72
Connectivity66.5
Environment43.3
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
62.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 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. · 32.1%Diversified · HHI 2283
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 6.8%Construction 4.7%Trade · transport · ICT 24.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.1%Public · health · education 24.1%
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).
All indicators · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€95,362M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€481M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,486M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,601M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€4,443M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€23,401M
2023 · EU pctl 98
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,600
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
64,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€75,600
2024 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€18,985M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,324M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€47,561M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,857M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — information & communication (J)
€8,198M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€30,622M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€23,003M
2023 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
903,100
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
135,600
2023 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,000
2023 · EU pctl 81
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
87.6%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
200,842
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
18,550
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
9,529
2023 · EU pctl 95
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.7%
2023 · EU pctl 96
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
66.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.6%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,626,106
2024 · EU pctl 86
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
560 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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.
3,543
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
251
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
920,570
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
259,611
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged under 15
228,963
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
40.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.2%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
14,601
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
11,551
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.1%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
938 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.8%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
237 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
4 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
31 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
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 60
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 26
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